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Oil · Canvas
Art+Object · Aug 3, 2026NZ$560,510 ≈ $329,266 ≈ £244,444 ≈ €285,449Sign up free to see price
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Buttercup Fields Forever IV
Colin McCahon (New Zealand, 1919–1987)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate NZ$190,000 – NZ$270,000 (≈ $123,872 – $176,029) (≈ £75,138 – £106,775) (≈ €88,147 – €125,261)
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
- Multiple · Prints & multiples all multiple results →As published: “polyvinyl acetate on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated Nov 67; signed and inscribed Buttercup Fields for Ever 4, P. V. A, N. F. S verso
- Category
- Works on paper (other)
- Dimensions
- 770 x 550mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- Important Paintings and Sculpture inc. The Odyssey Group Collection (important-paintings-and-sculpture-inc-the-odyssey-group-collection)
- Date
- July 30, 2009
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 13
- Estimate
- NZ$190,000 – NZ$270,000 (≈ $123,872 – $176,029) (≈ £75,138 – £106,775) (≈ €88,147 – €125,261)
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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