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Auction result
Kauri Trees
Colin McCahon (New Zealand, 1919–1987)
NZ$68,625 price realized incl. premium
≈ $51,357≈ £32,847≈ €37,944
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour and gouache on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Title inscribed, signed and dated 16 - 11 - 55
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 758 x 555mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- Important Paintings & Contemporary Art (important-paintings-contemporary-art-4)
- Date
- November 22, 2011
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 58
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2010 and 2011 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Nov 25, 2010 · Art+Object
Important Paintings & Contemporary Art, lot 12
Bought in / unsold · est. NZ$65,000 – NZ$85,000
As catalogued
Colin McCahon, “Kauri Trees”
watercolour and gouache on paper
758 x 555mm
Nov 22, 2011 · Art+Object this result
Important Paintings & Contemporary Art, lot 58
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As catalogued
Colin McCahon, “Kauri Trees”
watercolour and gouache on paper
758 x 555mm
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