Photo © Art+Object — view this lot on Art+Object ↗Portrait of a Māori Girl
Watercolor
Art+Object · Nov 27, 2025NZ$14,622 ≈ $8,355 ≈ £6,313 ≈ €7,211Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Nerine
Rita Angus (New Zealand, 1908–1970)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate NZ$20,000 – NZ$30,000 (≈ $12,086 – $18,129) (≈ £9,449 – £14,173) (≈ €11,056 – €16,585)
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
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed; title inscribed and signed verso; original National Art Gallery, Wellington loan label affixed verso
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 345 x 160mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- Important Paintings & Contemporary Art (important-paintings-contemporary-art-37)
- Date
- August 13, 2024
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 72
- Estimate
- NZ$20,000 – NZ$30,000 (≈ $12,086 – $18,129) (≈ £9,449 – £14,173) (≈ €11,056 – €16,585)
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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