Photo © Art+Object — view this lot on Art+Object ↗Koru 1, 2, 3 (1965)
Print (other)
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Auction result
Light Passing Through a Dark Landscape
Colin McCahon (New Zealand, 1919–1987)
NZ$234,243 price realized incl. premium
≈ $150,077≈ £116,339≈ €135,095
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Works on paper all acrylic results →As published: “synthetic polymer paint on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Title inscribed, signed and dated Jan ’72 and inscribed <i>(B)</i>
- Category
- Works on paper (other)
- Dimensions
- 1090 x 725mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- Celebrating Colin McCahon: An Auction Event (celebrating-colin-mccahon-an-auction-event)
- Date
- November 5, 2019
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 10
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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