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Lenkiewicz Auction - The Temptation of St Antony sells for £203,150 |
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The Temptation of St Antony the 36ft-long canvas sells for £203,150, including the buyer's premium. The sale included work which spans the whole of the painter's life, with drawings and sketches from the 1950s when Robert Lenkiewicz lived in Hampstead, to work completed in the year of his death. The work had hung in the artist's Plymouth studio and was worked on by him over many years. Bearnes Auctioneers Lenkiewicz 2008 sale took place over nine hours at Westpoint, near Exeter, yesterday with about 3,000 people attending. The auction, which attracted international interest, included all the important paintings from the Lenkiewicz estate.
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