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How do we learn?

Richard Killeen (New Zealand, b. 1946)

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate NZ$14,000 – NZ$20,000 (≈ $11,858 – $16,940) (≈ £7,043 – £10,062) (≈ €8,870 – €12,672)

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: “acrylic and collage on aluminium, 61 pieces”
Support
Other support
Signed / inscribed
Title inscribed, signed and dated 1992 and inscribed Cat No. 1458; artist’s original catalogue labels affixed each part verso
Category
Acrylic paintings
Dimensions
1090 x 1215mm: installation size variable
Auction house
Art+Object
Sale
Important Paintings & Contemporary Art (important-paintings-contemporary-art-10)
Date
August 7, 2014
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Lot
16
Estimate
NZ$14,000 – NZ$20,000 (≈ $11,858 – $16,940) (≈ £7,043 – £10,062) (≈ €8,870 – €12,672)
Source
Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2014 and 2015 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2

  1. How do we learn?, Art+Object 2014

    Aug 7, 2014 · Art+Object this result

    Important Paintings & Contemporary Art, lot 16

    Bought in / unsold · est. NZ$14,000 – NZ$20,000

    As catalogued

    Richard Killeen, “How do we learn?”

    acrylic and collage on aluminium, 61 pieces

    1090 x 1215mm: installation size variable

  2. How do we learn?, Art+Object 2015

    Sep 1, 2015 · Art+Object

    New Collectors Art, lot 19

    Bought in / unsold · est. NZ$12,000 – NZ$18,000

    As catalogued

    Richard Killeen, “How do we learn?”

    acrylic and collage on aluminium, 61 pieces

    1090 x 1215mm: installation size variable

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