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Michael Parekōwhai’s ‘A Peak in Darien’ sets $2m+ New Zealand art auction record

By New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 14, 2021

‘A Peak in Darien’ sold for a record $2.05 million and two McCahon works fetched in excess of $1m each at Art + Object’s weekend auction.

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