Works in the database
142
Works with images
131
Works with multiple sales
20

Past Sales

Kyeburn, 2005
Ruapehu
Kyeburn

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 71 works for
$947,375
Prints & Graphics
Sold 24 works for
$28,279
Works on Paper
Sold 3 works for
$23,152

Where to buy or sell art works by Michael Hight

Auction Houses

Webb's
Sold 42 works for
$362,980
International Art Centre
Sold 26 works for
$332,311
Art+Object
Sold 24 works for
$248,275

Michael Hight was born Stratford, New Zealand in 1961. He gained a Bachelor of Social Sciences, University of Waikato in 1982 and from 1984-87 he lived and painted in London before returning to live in Auckland. He has regularly exhibited since 1984 and has been a full time artist since 2001. He has received several QEII grants and his work is held in many New Zealand collections.

The total number of works by Michael Hight offered for sale by auction since 1996 is 142, of which 103 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $40,993 for Parihaka Road sold by International Art Centre in November 2020. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Michael Hight are held by the Auckland Art Gallery and Museum Of New Zealand.

Michael Hight is listed in the following standard biographical references:

  • McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 116
  • The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.

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