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Still Life
Melvin Day (New Zealand, 1923–2016)
NZ$6,606 price realized incl. premium
≈ $4,465≈ £3,399≈ €3,980
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas mounted to board”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated ’88
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 900 x 1812mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- Important Paintings & Contemporary Art (important-paintings-contemporary-art-23)
- Date
- April 4, 2019
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 56
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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