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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Works from the Donald Friend Collection - The Property of Attilio Guarrancino, Melbourne
• Sale Date:
  27 Oct 2013 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  27
• Lot Description:
  Donald Friend
  (1915 - 1989)
  Omu, 1953
  ink, wash and pastel on paper
  46.5 x 30.0 cm
  signed, dated and inscribed lower left: Omu / Donald Friend ’53
• References:
  Hughes, R., Donald Friend, Edwards and Shaw, Sydney, 1965, p. 64 (illus.)
• Notes:
  ‘On the whole, he disliked the Londoners, finding them grey, seedy, and mousy; among the whites he was in Orwell territory, a colourless desert of little clerks. But he spent most of his evenings in the jazz cellars and coffee-shops frequented by Negroes, and there he found the vitality he craved: a relaxed, hipster sensuality, totally unaffected, energetic: a tough little enclave of life into which he could move without strain. And the black men were good to draw. “If you draw a negro, especially a West African man, you never catch him posing. Everything they do is natural, not like most white models.” ’1 1. Hughes, R., Donald Friend, Edwards and Shaw, Sydney, 1965, p. 26
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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