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Drawing (ink)
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Auction result
Temptation
Garry Shead (Australian, b. 1942)
A$2,400 price realized incl. premium
≈ $1,917≈ £1,160≈ €1,366
Hammer A$2,000 · with buyer’s premium A$2,400
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right: Garry Shead; inscribed on backing verso: TEMPTATION
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 12.5 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | June 2009 (09JUN)
- Date
- June 24, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 105
- Estimate
- A$2,000 – A$3,000 (≈ $1,597 – $2,396) (≈ £967 – £1,451) (≈ €1,139 – €1,708)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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