MERCY HOSPICE ART FUNDRAISER
Wednesday, 5 - Monday, 17 August 2026
Simon Payton (1950-) - Female Nude 1985
Realised: $560 plus premium
Lot Details
oil on canvas (12 blocks). 830 x 1100mm. Born in New Zealand in 1950, Simon Payton studied at University of Canterbury. An expressionist painter and assemblage artist he is also known for his portraits. As well as New Zealand, he has exhibited in Germany, Holland, USA, and Britain. In 1989 he won the National Bank Art Award for Contemporary Painting, at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, and in 2002 and 2004 he was a finalist in the Adam Portraiture Award, New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington. Estimated retail value $1,600 - $3,000. Note: Catalogue alteration. This work is dated 1985 not 1995.
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