DONALD FRIEND
1915-1989

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE DR JAN ALTMANN, MELBOURNE

DONALD FRIEND

1915-1989
Mother and Child 1947

oil on canvas
signed and dated 'DONALD 47' upper right
65.5 x 50.5cm

• Lot Sold $40,000 (Hammer Price)
• $48,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Mr Norman Schureck, Sydney
The Norman Schureck Collection of Valuable Pictures, James R. Lawson Pty Ltd, Sydney, 27 March 1962, lot 13
Mr John Altmann and Dr Jan Altmann, Melbourne, acquired 1962
The Estate of the Late Dr Jan Altmann, Melbourne

Exhibited

Annual Exhibition, Society of Artists, Education Department's Gallery, Sydney, 23 August - 10 September 1947, no. 57, 45 gns
110 years of Australian Art, Farmer's Blaxland Galleries, September 1950, no. 108 (label verso)
Norman Schureck Loan Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 May - 29 June 1958, no. 46
Norman Schureck Loan Exhibition, Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, 1958, no. 90

Literature

Paul Hetherington (ed.), The Diaries of Donald Friend vol. 2 (Jan. 1944 - March 1949), National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2003, p. 539 (entry for 23 August 1947)