By John Furphy, on 23-Sep-2009

Art + Object have advised that the auction entitled “Ralph Hotere: This Land” scheduled to be held at 3 Abbey Street, Newton, Auckland on Thursday 24 September at 6.30pm has been cancelled.

Art + Object have advise that the reason for the cancellation is a dispute as to ownership of some of the works in the catalogue.

"So long as there is any doubt regarding ownership (no matter how slight) Art & Object believes that the professional course of action is to delay the auction until the question of ownership is fully determined. The directors of Art & Object deeply regret any inconvenience that the cancellation may have caused."

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