Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Portrait after Paul Thek/Palermo Catacombs
Watercolor · Paper
Bonhams · Jan 13, 2021$1,275 ≈ £933 ≈ €1,048Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Aping the Humans
Ricky Swallow (Australian, b. 1974)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate NZ$4,000 – NZ$6,000 (≈ $2,459 – $3,688) (≈ £1,879 – £2,818) (≈ €2,226 – €3,340)
Offered at Art+Object and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour”
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 280 x 380mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- New Collectors Art & Studio Ceramics (new-collectors-art-studio-ceramics-199)
- Date
- September 11, 2024
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 114
- Estimate
- NZ$4,000 – NZ$6,000 (≈ $2,459 – $3,688) (≈ £1,879 – £2,818) (≈ €2,226 – €3,340)
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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