McCahon Glasses
Medium: New Zealand jade greenstone
Dimensions: 55 x 139 x 75 mm
Year: 2004
Sold to New Zealand Labor Party and purchased by Mary Gough.
McCahon Glasses are carved in New Zealand jade and the motif carved into the surface is adapted from McCahon's painting Visible mysteries No 8. The image is a derivative of the traditional koru and a response to both Colin McCahon and also Gordon Walters work.