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Woman in a Bath
Michael Smither (New Zealand, b. 1939)
NZ$97,301 price realized incl. premium
≈ $70,572≈ £54,555≈ €61,987
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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 ‘95
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 1200 x 850mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- The Collection of Anne Coney (the-collection-of-anne-coney)
- Date
- July 6, 2017
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 26
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2017 and 2023 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Jul 6, 2017 · Art+Object this result
The Collection of Anne Coney, lot 26
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As catalogued
Michael Smither, “Woman in a Bath”
oil on board
1200 x 850mm
May 2, 2023 · Art+Object
Important Paintings & Contemporary Art, lot 39
Bought in / unsold · est. NZ$120,000 – NZ$170,000
As catalogued
Michael Smither, “Woman in a Bath”
oil on board
1200 x 850mm
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