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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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Colin McCahon (New Zealand, 1919–1987)
NZ$64,487 price realized incl. premium
≈ $52,035≈ £33,392≈ €39,133
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- Medium
- Drawing (charcoal) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “synthetic polymer paint and charcoal on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated Oct ’71
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 451 x 596mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- Important Photographs, Paintings and Contemporary Art (important-photographs-paintings-and-contemporary-art)
- Date
- August 15, 2013
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 124
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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