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Temptation
William J. O'Brien (American, b. 1975) · 2007
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Estimate $2,000 (≈ £1,484) (≈ €1,767)
Offered at Wright and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 74 h x 42⅝ w in (188 x 108 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- 20|21 Art: Chicago Edition (auctions/2025/05/2021-art-chicago-edition)
- Date
- May 28, 2025
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 331
- Estimate
- $2,000 (≈ £1,484) (≈ €1,767)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 16, 2026
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Works by William J. O'Brien with a longest side of about 188 cm (74 in) (±20 %).
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Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Untitled (Dot painting), 2016
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Wright · Feb 4, 2026$11,430 ≈ £8,332 ≈ €9,670Sign up free to see price
Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Tränen (Tears), 2007
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Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Untitled, 2007
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Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Apr 10, 2025$6,350 ≈ £4,914 ≈ €5,730Sign up free to see price
Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Untitled, 2011
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Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 10, 2024Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Untitled, 2008
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Wright · Oct 29, 2026$1,280 ≈ £961 ≈ €1,150Sign up free to see price
Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Untitled, 2007
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Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jun 10, 2026$3,328 ≈ £2,487 ≈ €2,884Sign up free to see price
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Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Untitled (Head), 2007
Sculpture
Rago Auctions · Apr 23, 2026$532 ≈ £394 ≈ €455Sign up free to see price
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Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Cow, 1977
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Wright · May 28, 2025$16,510 ≈ £12,251 ≈ €14,589Sign up free to see price
Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Untitled (Negative Venus), 1965
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Wright · May 28, 2025$16,510 ≈ £12,251 ≈ €14,589Sign up free to see price
Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Kofetarica (from the Was ist Kunst project), 1984
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Wright · May 28, 2025$16,510 ≈ £12,251 ≈ €14,589Sign up free to see price
Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Raw to Finished (Ready-Made Brushstrokes by Cezanne, Chagall, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, de Kooning, Matisse, Miró, Pollock, Twombly, and Van Gogh), 2005
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Wright · May 28, 2025$12,700 ≈ £9,424 ≈ €11,222Sign up free to see price
Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗The American Dream, 2014
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Photo © Wright — view this lot on Wright ↗Poured Painting: Red Blue, Green Blue, Red Blue, 1998
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Wright · May 28, 2025$11,220 ≈ £8,326 ≈ €9,914Sign up free to see priceSimilar works
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Photo © Capsule Auctions — view this lot on Capsule Auctions ↗Untitled (Building with Cupola)
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