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Back Beach, Paritutu
Michael Smither (New Zealand, b. 1939)
NZ$48,740 price realized incl. premium
≈ $29,559≈ £23,761≈ €27,512
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with artist’s initials M.D.S and dated ‘83
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 1190 x 730mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- The Lois Going Collection Glorious Vision: Art at the centre of a life lived (the-lois-going-collection-glorious-vision-art-at-the-centre-of-a-life-lived)
- Date
- May 30, 2023
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 17
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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