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THE CHESSPLAYERS
Noel Murphy (British, b. 1970) · 1996
€3,800 hammer
≈ $4,985≈ £3,189
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials and dated lower right; inscribed with artist's name, title and date on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 151.13 by 121.92cm., 59.5 by 48in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish & British Art (752)
- Date
- March 12, 2012
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 240
- Estimate
- €3,000 – €5,000 (≈ $3,936 – $6,560) (≈ £2,518 – £4,196)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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