Donald Friend 1915-1989
Donald Friend 1915-1989Estimate $45,000 – $55,000
- Lot Sold $56,000 (Hammer Price)
- $67,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
ACTS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST 1951
oil on canvas
signed and dated 'Donald Friend 51' lower left
51 X 61CM
PROVENANCE
Mr Paul Jones, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney
Australian and European Paintings, Christie's, Melbourne, 27 April 1999, lot 102, illustrated
Gould Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney (stock 12,191 and 12,457)
Private Collection, Sydney
EXHIBITED
Blake Prize 1951, Mark Foy's Art Gallery, Sydney, 13-30 March 1951, no. 15, 60 gns
Gould Modern, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, 8 February - 10 March 2002, Gould Galleries, Sydney, 16 March - 14 April 2002, no. 5, illustrated
LITERATURE
Paul Haefliger, 'Religious Art: Blake Prize Exhibition', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 13 March 1951, p. 7
'Justin O'Brien Wins Blake Prize', The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 14 March 1951, p. 9
Paul Hetherington (ed.), The Diaries of Donald Friend, Vol. 3, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2005, pp. 103, 104, 106
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