Photo © Art+Object — view this lot on Art+Object ↗Travelling Chess Set
Photograph · ed. 1/10
Art+Object · Sep 19, 2012NZ$2,345 ≈ $1,940 ≈ £1,197 ≈ €1,492Sign up free to see price
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Travelling Chess Set
Ruth Watson (New Zealand, b. 1962)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate NZ$1,000 – NZ$2,000 (≈ $564 – $1,128) (≈ £442 – £884) (≈ €534 – €1,068)
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
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “cibachrome photograph, 2/10”
- Edition
- 2/10
- Signed / inscribed
- Title inscribed, signed and dated 1990 verso; original ‘Paris Collection’ label affixed verso
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 385 x 580mm
- Auction house
- Art+Object
- Sale
- 'The world is a strange place' - The Grant Kerr Collection of Photography (the-world-is-a-strange-place-the-grant-kerr-collection-of-photography)
- Date
- March 4, 2025
- Location
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lot
- 71
- Estimate
- NZ$1,000 – NZ$2,000 (≈ $564 – $1,128) (≈ £442 – £884) (≈ €534 – €1,068)
- Source
- Auction house artandobject.co.nz ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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