Donald Friend
(1915 - 1989)
PREPARATORY SKETCH FOR THE APOCALYPSE OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE, 1948
ink, wash and gouache on paper
27.0 x 35.0 cm
signed and dated upper left: Donald / Friend / '48
inscribed verso: PREPARATORY SKETCH FOR THE APOCALYPSE OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE 1949 / (AUST NAT GALLERY CANBERRA)
Estimate:
$2,000 - $4,000
Sold:
$4,800 (inc. BP)
lot details
Donald Friend (1915 - 1989)
PREPARATORY SKETCH FOR THE APOCALYPSE OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE, 1948
ink, wash and gouache on paper
27.0 x 35.0 cm
signed and dated upper left: Donald / Friend / '48
inscribed verso: PREPARATORY SKETCH FOR THE APOCALYPSE OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE 1949 / (AUST NAT GALLERY CANBERRA)
inscribed verso: PREPARATORY SKETCH FOR THE APOCALYPSE OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE 1949 / (AUST NAT GALLERY CANBERRA)
Provenance
Redfern Gallery, London
Collection of Lex Aitken and Alfredo (Bouret) Gonzalez, Sydney
Related Works
Apocalypse of St John the Divine, 1948, watercolour, gouache, pen and brush with black and coloured inks, wax crayon, graphite, 151.0 x 442.7 cm, collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra