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The Diver
Michael Smither (New Zealand, b. 1939)
NZ$207,145 price realized incl. premium
≈ $118,910≈ £89,171≈ €102,623
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Title inscribed, signed and dated 1973 verso; original Canterbury Society of Arts label affixed verso
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 1220 x 1085mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- "a (im) possible relevance" : The Collection of Mal and Lizzie Brow (a-im-possible-relevance-the-brow-collection)
- Date
- October 22, 2025
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 41
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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