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Colin McCahon

New Zealand · 1919–1987 · Painter

Colin John McCahon was a New Zealand artist whose work over 45 years consisted of various styles, including landscape, figuration, abstraction, and the overlay of painted text.… (Wikipedia)

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Colin McCahon’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Colin McCahon, Koru 1, 2, 3 (1965), poster print — Koru 1, 2, 3 (1965)
Art+Object · Sep 8, 2026
NZ$305Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is, screenprint with archival ink on BFK Reives Italian 300gsm art paper, McCahon House Centenary Edition 93/100 — Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is
Art+Object · Sep 8, 2026
NZ$20,105Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Fifteen Drawings for Charles Brasch, 26 individually framed lithographs (16 illustrated) published by the Hocken Library in Dunedin — Fifteen Drawings for Charles Brasch
Art+Object · Aug 3, 2026
NZ$12,794Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, There is no other way, enamel on board — There is no other way
Art+Object · Aug 3, 2026
NZ$767,655Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Landscape Multiple No. 7 — Landscape Multiple No. 7
Art+Object · Aug 3, 2026
NZ$121,850Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Northland, oil on canvas — Northland
Art+Object · Aug 3, 2026
NZ$560,510Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Flower, pastel and watercolour on paper — Flower
Art+Object · Aug 3, 2026
NZ$58,488Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Ahipara & Beyond — Ahipara & Beyond
Dunbar Sloane · Jul 29, 2026
NZ$19,000Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Take Off over Muriwai Island - Oaia — Take Off over Muriwai Island - Oaia
Dunbar Sloane · Jul 29, 2026
NZ$24,000Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Muriwai — Muriwai
Dunbar Sloane · Jul 29, 2026
NZ$20,000Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Helensville — Helensville
Dunbar Sloane · Jul 29, 2026
NZ$50,000Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, I Am, colour poster — I Am
Art+Object · Jun 9, 2026
NZ$731Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Truth from the King Country, colour poster from the 1978 painting in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa — Truth from the King Country
Art+Object · Jun 9, 2026
NZ$548Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Untitled - Kauri, colour print — Untitled - Kauri
Art+Object · Jun 9, 2026
NZ$548Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, 15 Drawings - December ‘51 to May ‘52 — 15 Drawings - December ‘51 to May ‘52
Art+Object · Jun 9, 2026
NZ$5,361Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, North Otago landscape, colour screenprint from the Barry Lett multiples series — North Otago landscape
Art+Object · Jun 9, 2026
NZ$4,874Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Puketutu Manukau — Puketutu Manukau
Dunbar Sloane · Mar 27, 2026
NZ$950Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Willows, Oturehua, Central Otago, watercolour and gouache on paper — Willows, Oturehua, Central Otago
Art+Object · Mar 25, 2026
NZ$34,118Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Cross, brass, copper and polyurethane — Cross
Art+Object · Mar 25, 2026
NZ$60,925Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Fly Out from Muriwai - it takes some looking at, conté crayon on paper — Fly Out from Muriwai - it takes some looking at
Art+Object · Nov 27, 2025
NZ$41,429Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, North Otago, synthetic polymer paint on paper — North Otago
Art+Object · Nov 27, 2025
NZ$118,195Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is, screenprint with archival ink on BFK Reives Italian 300gsm art paper, McCahon House Centenary Edition 93/100 — Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is
Art+Object · Nov 27, 2025
NZ$18,278Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, James K. Baxter Festival 1973 — James K. Baxter Festival 1973
Dunbar Sloane · Nov 20, 2025
NZ$950Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Oaia Island - Necessary Protection — Oaia Island - Necessary Protection
Dunbar Sloane · Nov 19, 2025
NZ$150,000Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Waterfall 1964, 1964, oil on composition board — Waterfall 1964, 1964
Smith & Singer · Aug 19, 2025
A$104,318Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Waterfall, oil and sawdust on board — Waterfall
Art+Object · Aug 19, 2025
NZ$268,070Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Black Diamond, White Square (No. 8, The First Gate Series), 1961, 1961, enamel on hardboard (1961) — Black Diamond, White Square (No. 8, The First Gate Series), 1961, 1961
Art+Object · Aug 19, 2025
NZ$383,828Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Study for Still Life with Altar, ink and wash on paper — Study for Still Life with Altar
Art+Object · Aug 19, 2025
NZ$79,203Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Study for Theme and Variations (1962), 1962, oil on canvas on board — Study for Theme and Variations (1962), 1962
Smith & Singer · Aug 19, 2025
A$122,727Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, 15 Drawings - December ‘51 to May ‘52 — 15 Drawings - December ‘51 to May ‘52
Art+Object · May 13, 2025
NZ$12,794Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is, screenprint with archival ink on BFK Reives Italian 300gsm art paper, McCahon House Centenary Edition 93/100 — Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is
Art+Object · May 13, 2025
NZ$12,185Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, The Entombment, gouache and watercolour on paper — The Entombment
Art+Object · Apr 3, 2025
NZ$19,496Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, One (from the Numerals: First series), watercolour and pencil on paper — One (from the Numerals: First series)
Art+Object · Apr 3, 2025
NZ$20,715Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Agnus Dei, watercolour and pastel on paper — Agnus Dei
Art+Object · Nov 21, 2024
NZ$79,203Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is, screenprint with archival ink on BFK Reives Italian 300gsm art paper, McCahon House Centenary Edition 93/100 — Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is
Art+Object · Nov 21, 2024
NZ$17,059Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, A Painting for Uncle Frank, poster print — A Painting for Uncle Frank
Art+Object · Sep 11, 2024
NZ$2,254Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Kauri, screenprint — Kauri
Art+Object · Sep 11, 2024
NZ$3,046Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Domestic Landscape 1957, 1957, oil on canvas — Domestic Landscape 1957, 1957
Smith & Singer · Aug 21, 2024
A$220,909Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is, screenprint with archival ink on BFK Reives Italian 300gsm art paper, McCahon House Centenary Edition 92/100 — Tomorrow will be the same but not as this is
Art+Object · May 14, 2024
NZ$18,277Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Truth from the King Country: Load Bearing Structures No. I (Third Series), synthetic polymer paint on canvasboard — Truth from the King Country: Load Bearing Structures No. I (Third Series)
Art+Object · Mar 27, 2024
NZ$75,000Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, From the collection of the National Art Gallery / I Will Need Words / The Angel of Annunciation — From the collection of the National Art Gallery / I Will Need Words / The Angel of Annunciation
Art+Object · Feb 26, 2024
NZ$487Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Landscape Multiple No. 11, synthetic polymer and sawdust on board — Landscape Multiple No. 11
Art+Object · Nov 21, 2023
NZ$79,202Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, A Painting for Uncle Frank, screenprint — A Painting for Uncle Frank
Art+Object · Oct 31, 2023
NZ$1,644Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, A Poem of Kaipara Flat - Buttercup Fields Forever, watercolour and pastel on paper — A Poem of Kaipara Flat - Buttercup Fields Forever
Art+Object · Aug 15, 2023
NZ$140,127Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Waterfall, oil, enamel and light impasto on hardboard — Waterfall
Art+Object · Aug 15, 2023
NZ$79,202Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, Small Landscape with Hillside, synthetic polymer paint on board — Small Landscape with Hillside
Art+Object · Aug 15, 2023
NZ$115,757Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, View from Mrs Neame’s Old House at Mahau, oil and charcoal on paper, circa 1939 — View from Mrs Neame’s Old House at Mahau
Art+Object · Aug 15, 2023
NZ$65,799Sign up free to see

Colin McCahon, The Sunday Morning Angel, ink on paper — The Sunday Morning Angel
Art+Object · Aug 15, 2023
NZ$11,575Sign up free to see

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