Painting sold for $64,000
PA Auckland An oil painting by an Auckland artist, Colin McCahon, has fetched $64,000 at an art auction in Auckland. The director of the International Arts Centre, Mr Grahame Chote, said the price for “Painting 1958” was a record for paintings of that artist. More than 400 people attended the auction in Parnell, said Mr Chote. He said the 170 works fetched more than $1 million.
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Press, 4 April 1987, Page 36
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70Painting sold for $64,000 Press, 4 April 1987, Page 36
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