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Pastel · Paper
Art+Object · Aug 3, 2026NZ$58,488 ≈ $34,358 ≈ £25,507 ≈ €29,786Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Annunciation
Colin McCahon (New Zealand, 1919–1987)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate NZ$40,000 – NZ$60,000 (≈ $26,293 – $39,440) (≈ £17,413 – £26,119) (≈ €24,777 – €37,165)
Offered at Art+Object and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Drawing (charcoal) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “charcoal on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Title inscribed, signed and dated ’49
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 650 x 520mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- Important Paintings & Contemporary Art (important-paintings-contemporary-art-14)
- Date
- November 26, 2015
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 119
- Estimate
- NZ$40,000 – NZ$60,000 (≈ $26,293 – $39,440) (≈ £17,413 – £26,119) (≈ €24,777 – €37,165)
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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