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Art+Object · Sep 8, 2026NZ$19,496 ≈ $11,391 ≈ £8,409 ≈ €9,808Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Test Piece ’77
Ralph Hotere (New Zealand, 1931–2013)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate NZ$45,000 – NZ$65,000 (≈ $37,061 – $53,532) (≈ £24,223 – £34,988) (≈ €28,559 – €41,251)
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
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “lacquer and acrylic on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Title inscribed, signed and dated Port Chalmers ’77 and inscribed Altered by the artist at Carey’s Bay (after serious surface damage) 21 – 3 – 89 verso
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 795 x 587mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- The Collection of the late Nicholas Browne (the-collection-of-the-late-nicholas-browne)
- Date
- May 14, 2013
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 15
- Estimate
- NZ$45,000 – NZ$65,000 (≈ $37,061 – $53,532) (≈ £24,223 – £34,988) (≈ €28,559 – €41,251)
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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