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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

DONALD FRIEND
1915-1989

Village Scene, Ceylon 1954

$20,000–30,000

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© Donald Friend/Copyright Agency, 2024

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

DONALD FRIEND

1915-1989
Village Scene, Ceylon 1954

oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘DONALD FRIEND '54’ lower right
40.5 x 51 cm

  • Lot Sold $50,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $61,364 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Donald Friend, Sydney
Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above
Fine Australian Paintings, Sotheby’s Australia, Melbourne, 22 April 1991, lot 288, ‘Ceylon’, illustrated
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Exhibited

Winter Exhibition 1973: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 18 July – 2 August 1973, no. 44, illustrated

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