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Hapuka Head on Plate
Michael Smither (New Zealand, b. 1939)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate NZ$45,000 – NZ$65,000 (≈ $37,048 – $53,514) (≈ £23,099 – £33,365) (≈ €28,584 – €41,288)
Offered at Art+Object and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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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 ’79; original Govett-Brewster Gallery, ‘Michael Smither – The Wonder Years’, Janne Land Gallery, and John Leech Gallery labels all affixed verso
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 910 X 1220mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- Important Paintings & Contemporary Art (important-paintings-contemporary-art-6)
- Date
- November 27, 2012
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 34
- Estimate
- NZ$45,000 – NZ$65,000 (≈ $37,048 – $53,514) (≈ £23,099 – £33,365) (≈ €28,584 – €41,288)
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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