Art+Object’s final major art auction of 2020 will take place on November 24. Despite the disruptions to our calendar and the ensuing uncertainty around COVID-19, 2020 has proved to be another exceptionally strong year for the New Zealand art market. Our first auction of the year in this category realized fractionally under two million dollars in sales and our recent August auction of ‘Important Paintings and Contemporary Art’ resulted in a sale total of just over two million dollars. Both auctions witnessed strong bidding throughout with strong and record prices achieved for Richard Killeen, Ralph Hotere, Colin McCahon, Gretchen Albrecht, Don Binney, Dale Frank, Fiona Pardington, Rosalie Gascoigne, Robert Ellis, Damien Hirst, Peter Robinson, Bill Sutton and many more.
Headlining the November auction is Theo Schoon’s magnificent four-panel ‘Mural’ from 1982 which was one of the centrepieces of the recent touring exhibition, ‘Split Level View Finder: Theo Schoon and New Zealand Art’, which is presented to the market for the first time. Another highlight is a major painting by Colin McCahon from his 1962 ‘Northland’ series, repatriated from London for sale, along with works from the estate of Auckland artist couple John and June Ritchie.
Viewing Preview Wednesday 18th November, 17:00 - 19:00; then everyday 9:00 - 17:00 until the day of the auction
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Brian Brake, Arab Woman - Shibham, Wadi Hadramawt, 1956

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Brian Brake, Arab Woman - Shibham, Wadi Hadramawt, 1956
Est.
$3,000 - $5,000
Passed
Laurence Aberhart, View No. 4, Fort Jervois, Ripapa Island, Lyttleton Harbour, 15 March 2000

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Laurence Aberhart, View No. 4, Fort Jervois, Ripapa Island, Lyttleton Harbour, 15 March 2000
Est.
$2,500 - $4,000
Sold
$3,400
Heather Straka, The Stranger - A Self-Portrait

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Heather Straka, The Stranger - A Self-Portrait
Est.
$15,000 - $22,000
Sold
$12,000
Tony de Lautour, Silent Command

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Tony de Lautour, Silent Command
Est.
$14,000 - $22,000
Sold
$14,000
Fiona Pardington, Portrait of a Life Cast of Matoua Tawai, Aoteroa, New Zealand

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Fiona Pardington, Portrait of a Life Cast of Matoua Tawai, Aoteroa, New Zealand
Est.
$25,000 - $35,000
Sold
$30,000
Fiona Pardington, Inanga, Heitiki, North Island

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Fiona Pardington, Inanga, Heitiki, North Island
Est.
$20,000 - $30,000
Passed
Fiona Pardington, Still Life with Nasturtium

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Fiona Pardington, Still Life with Nasturtium
Est.
$14,000 - $22,000
Sold
$12,000
Colin McCahon, Landscape Multiple

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Colin McCahon, Landscape Multiple
Est.
$35,000 - $50,000
Sold
$59,000
Shane Cotton, I Die And I Do Not Die

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Shane Cotton, I Die And I Do Not Die
Est.
$100,000 - $150,000
Passed
Ralph Hotere, Red Square Four (Human Rights Series)

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Ralph Hotere, Red Square Four (Human Rights Series)
Est.
$40,000 - $60,000
Sold
$40,000
Frances Hodgkins, Walled Garden with Convovulus

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Frances Hodgkins, Walled Garden with Convovulus
Est.
$5,500 - $75,000
Sold
$68,000
Stephen Bambury, FVE 610 (Dark)

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Stephen Bambury, FVE 610 (Dark)
Est.
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold
$7,000