B.

Hays Ltd Art Competition, 30 August to 17 September 1960. The first prize was won jointly by Colin McCahon, Julian Royds and Francis Jones. Each received £175.

Five merit awards of £20 each were awarded to N Herber, Quentin Macfarlane, Graham Percy, Mrs A M Steven and M T Woollaston.

McCahon's winning work, entitled Painting was controversially rejected by the Robert McDougall Art Gallery and is now owned by the Fletcher Trust Collection, Auckland

Source: Press, 31 August 1960.