58. Colin McCahon (1919 - 1987)
French Bay
est. $100,000 - 200,000
French Bay
Oil on board
62.7 x 42.8 cm
Signed & dated 1956
62.7 x 42.8 cm
est. $100,000 - 200,000
Fetched $125,000
Relative size
PROVENANCE Collection of Mr and Mrs Russell Auckland Private Collection, UK
ILLUSTRATED pl. 38 Colin McCahon: The Titirangi Years 1953 - 1959, Auckland University Press, 2007
Colin McCahon database record number cm000401
Otitori, French Bay was a short distance from the artist's home and he chose it as the subject for a number of his works. Between 1953 and 1960 Colin McCahon, and his family, lived in this small, weather- board house set among kauri trees and native bush in the Titirangi hills overlooking the bay.
The bush setting inspired some of his painting, including a large mural in the living room. In the early 2000s the home was purchased and preserved by the McCahon House Trust as an artists' residency and the McCahon House Museum.