Colin McCahon, 'The Angel of the Annunciation', 1947 - Print ws range so she was stoked to

so she was stoked to help create this book and encourage others to do the same

present and future

bleeding lines and muted madness

as did the historian JC Beaglehole

spattering dots of white paint against the dark background

Colin McCahon, 'The Angel of the Annunciation', 1947 - Print ws range so she was stoked toCommenting 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