Photo © Davidson Auctions — view this lot on Davidson Auctions ↗The Reel, 1998
Photograph
Davidson Auctions · Jul 26, 2026A$2,750 ≈ $1,922 ≈ £1,442 ≈ €1,687Sign up free to see price
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The Temptation 2008
Graeme Drendel (b. 1953) · 2008
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A$10,200 price realized incl. premium
≈ $7,128≈ £4,882≈ €5,282
Hammer A$8,500 · with buyer’s premium A$10,200
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, dated and inscribed verso: DRENDEL/ "The Temptation"/ '08
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 122.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Deutscher-Menzies Australian & International Fine Art, Lawson-Menzies Colonial to Contemporary including Important Aboriginal Art | March 2009 (09MAR)
- Date
- March 25, 2009
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 8
- Estimate
- A$10,000 – A$15,000 (≈ $6,988 – $10,482) (≈ £4,786 – £7,180) (≈ €5,179 – €7,768)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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