Private Collection, Queensland, till 2020; thence by descent
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Donald Friend
(Untitled — Portrait of a Woman), 1941
SOLD
oil on board
22.00 x 15.50
signed l.r.
Provenance:
Literature & references:
Christian France, Merioola & After, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 1986, exhibition catalogue
Note:
Donald Friend is associated with Merioola, a large a rambling mansion in Woollahra. Chika Lowe had taken up the lease in 1941 but it really came into its own after the war: it was home to a group of international orientated visual artists (Friend, Loudon Sainthill, Mitty Lee Brown, Peter Kaiser, Justin O’Brien) as well as dancers, musicians, interior designers – in short, sophisticated tenants. Friend returned to Australia in 1941 but was called up the same year, going on to serve around Australia and Indonesia. The subject of this sensitive portrait suggests an Indonesian sitter.
Further works by the Artist
Carved horse, Effon-Alaiye
Donald Friend
1939
black and sepia pastel on paper, 32.00 x 20.00
Riders of the Chariot (Study for the Sculpture of Street Coffins)
Donald Friend
c. 1955
mixed media on board, 56.00 x 75.00
Since its establishment in 1984, the Charles Nodrum Gallery’s exhibition program embraces a diversity of media and styles - from painting, sculpture & works on paper to graphics and photography; from figurative, geometric, gestural, surrealist & social comment to installation & conceptually based work.