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through the eyes of those who work with these paintings
The Angel of the Annunciation shows Mary receiving the news of her miraculous pregnancy
bursting with archival material
Print size: 596 x 802mm
Of all Māori personal adornments
Colin McCahon, 'The Angel of the Annunciation', 1947 - Print - wholesale nga tapuwae through the eyes of thoseCommenting on The Groups 1947 exhibition, in which these paintings were shown, critic and poet ARD Fairburn suggested that they might pass as graffiti on the walls of some celestial lavatory. 1 Fairburns assessment was far from typical of the reception of Colin McCahons work at this time. Poet James K Baxter wrote about it enthusiastically, as did the historian JC Beaglehole. Even reviewers who found McCahons paintings challenging were prepared to
