Tribute work to New Zealand's most famous artist sold in London as original

Auction house sold painting by John Robinson that was advertised as a work by Colin McCahon, including a forged signature and false date

A painting created as a tribute to one of New Zealand's most influential modern artists has been sold at a London auction house as an original, leaving the artist whose work it actually was bewildered" as to how such a mistake could have been made.

John Robinson, who lives in Dunedin, painted the Untitled" black and white oil on paper as a tribute to the late New Zealand artist, Colin McCahon.