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Auction result

Lunch Hour Break

Garth Tapper (New Zealand, 1927–1999)

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate NZ$10,000 – NZ$15,000 (≈ $7,860 – $11,790) (≈ £4,826 – £7,239) (≈ €5,432 – €8,148)

Offered at Art+Object and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “oil on board”
Support
Board
Signed / inscribed
Signed and dated 67; original John Leech Gallery label affixed verso
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
293 x 341mm
Auction house
Art+Object
Sale
Important Paintings & Contemporary Art (important-paintings-contemporary-art-3)
Date
April 12, 2011
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Lot
56
Estimate
NZ$10,000 – NZ$15,000 (≈ $7,860 – $11,790) (≈ £4,826 – £7,239) (≈ €5,432 – €8,148)
Source
Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2011 and 2013 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1

Catalogue details differ between appearances (dimensions). Houses often re-measure, translate or re-catalogue a work; compare the entries below.

  1. Lunch Hour Break, Art+Object 2011

    Apr 12, 2011 · Art+Object this result

    Important Paintings & Contemporary Art, lot 56

    Bought in / unsold · est. NZ$10,000 – NZ$15,000

    As catalogued

    Garth Tapper, “Lunch Hour Break”

    oil on board

    293 x 341mm

  2. Lunch Hour Break, Art+Object 2013

    Jul 2, 2013 · Art+Object

    New Collectors Art, lot 38

    Sold NZ$9,380Sign up to see

    As catalogued

    Garth Tapper, “Lunch Hour Break”

    oil on board

    290 x 340mm

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