THE STUDIO STAIRS, FIRENZE, 1949

Works from the Donald Friend Collection
Sydney
27 October 2013
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DONALD FRIEND

(1915 - 1989)
THE STUDIO STAIRS, FIRENZE, 1949

ink and wash on paper

47.5 x 30.5 cm

signed, dated and inscribed lower right: The Studio Stairs / Firenze. '49 /Donald Friend

Estimate: 
$5,000 - 8,000
Sold for $6,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 31 - 27 October 2013, Sydney
Exhibited

Retrospective Exhibition to celebrate his Sixtieth Year as an Artist, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, 18 March – 26 April 1975, cat 41 Donald Friend Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 9 February – 25 March 1990; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 14 April – 6 June 1990; and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 26 June – 19 August 1990 (label attached verso)

Literature

Pearce, B., Donald Friend, 1915–1989: Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1990, cat. 42, p. 64 (illus.)