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Lot #48 - Donald Friend

  • Auction House:
    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Sale Name:
    Timed Auction | Part II: Modern + Contemporary Art from the Cbus Collection of Australian Art
  • Sale Date:
    09 Aug 2022 ~ 7pm (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    48
  • Lot Description:
    Donald Friend
    (1915 – 1989)
    Oh Doktor Man, 1988
    gouache, watercolour, pastel and ink on paper
    62.0 x 48.0 cm; 92.5 x 76.5 cm (frame)
    signed and dated upper right: Donald Friend/ '88; bears inscription with title upper right: ‘O DOKtOR MANN, YOU ARE A FUNNY MAN/YOU MAKE ME SMILE AS OFtEN AS YOU CAN./As I WAS WAlKING ON THE BANKS/OF THE NILE, I SAW thE little CROCOdiVE.” (MOTET.)/(A VERSE Taught ME by PRINCE OMAR Ali ChowdhuRY.)
  • Provenance:
    Private collection; Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 9 November 1999, lot 224; Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne; The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, Melbourne, acquired from the above on 11 November 1999 
  • References:
    Nainby, B., Stanhope, Z., and Furlonger, K., The Cbus Collection of Australian Art, in association with Latrobe Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2009, p. 219 
  • Notes:
    This work is located in our Sydney Gallery
  • Estimate:
    A$4,000 - 6,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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