Donald Friend: career timeline

Australian · 1915–1989 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 110 of 244 lots (46% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Donald Friend: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1930s	6	5	$3.2kSign up	Drawing
1940s	21	16	$7.7kSign up	Oil
1950s	27	25	$5.5kSign up	Oil
1960s	25	21	$15.9kSign up	Watercolor
1970s	9	6	$3.8kSign up	Other
1980s	14	12	$2.1kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $3.2kSign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 11.5 in (32 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (5), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1938 Self Portrait$3.2kSign up
1938 Portrait of African Prince Kininga Wunca c1938Unsold
1939 Nude Playing a Guitar$1kSign up
1939 Mother & Child, c$881Sign up
1939 Eko 1939$3.9kSign up
1939 Ogoga (King) of Ikere 1939$3.9kSign up

1940s 21 works

Sold: 16 of 21
Median: $7.7kSign up
Average: $12.8kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 14 in (35 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Oil (13), Drawing (4), Gouache (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (1)

1941 The Trader 1941$19.7kSign up
1942 Mars and Venus 1942$8.2kSign up
1942 Darling Point 1942Unsold
1942 Soldiers Making a Bonfire (circa 1942)$8.1kSign up
1943 Tent City, Atherton, Queensland$305Sign up
1944 Man with Basket of Fish 1944$5kSign up
1945 Native Boy with Fish 1945$15.8kSign up · sold 3×
1945 Fortitude Valley Side Street 1945Unsold · sold 3×
1946 The Young Sculptor 1946Unsold
1946 Sailor 1946$8.6kSign up
1947 Three Boys - Cairns$2.9kSign up
c. 1947 Sofala$28kSign up

Show 9 more (1940s)

c. 1947 Selbsbildnis [Self Portrait]' c$670Sign up
1947 Mother and Child 1947$45.7kSign up
1948 Houses on Big Oakey 1948$39.5kSign up
1948 Country Boy 1948Unsold
1948 The Olivier's in School for Scandal 1948$7.3kSign up
1949 Male Nude, Firenze$1.4kSign up
1949 Rolando 1949$7.2kSign up
1949 The Prodigal Son - Acropolis Cafe c1949Unsold
1949 Melancholy Fishseller, Castello, Ischia Ponte 1949$6.6kSign up

1950s 27 works

Sold: 25 of 27
Median: $5.5kSign up
Average: $10.6kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 18 in (36 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (10), Drawing (5), Mixed media (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Markets & villages (2), Landscapes (1)

1950 Woods Point c1950$19.6kSign up
1950 Firenze$498Sign up
1950 Firenze$355Sign up
1950 Native Village c1950$4.5kSign up
1950 Farm Machinery, Henham, Essex$761Sign up
1950 Roadside Shrine 1950$5.5kSign up
1950 HEAD STUDIES 1950$3.5kSign up
1951 The Grasshopper$513Sign up
1952 Venezia, with San Barnaba Church$1.4kSign up
1952 Peasants Threshing, San Giminiano$670Sign up
1952 Two Italian Youths, Firenze$1.8kSign up
1953 Stepney Winter Scene 1953$1.5kSign up

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1953 Donkey Rolling 1953Unsold
1953 Omu 1953$1.7kSign up
1954 Village Scene, Ceylon 1954$39.8kSign up
1954 The Verandah$12.7kSign up
1954 A Family Group 1954$22.9kSign up
1954 The Verandah Bed (1954)$28.7kSign up · sold 2×
1954 The Verandah 1954$23.3kSign up
1955 Pine Creek Guitarist 1955$35.2kSign up
1956 Negro Wearing a Harlequin Sweater$3.3kSign up
1956 Bar-Room Shelves 1956Unsold
1956 (BOY PLAYING FLUTE WITH TWO OWLS) 1956$19.7kSign up
1957 Two Ceylonese Boys$14kSign up

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 25 works

Sold: 21 of 25
Median: $15.9kSign up
Average: $23.9kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 22.5 in (54 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (11), Oil (7), Gouache (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Boats (1)

1960 The Overlander$10.6kSign up
c. 1960 Boats on the River$15.9kSign up
1961 Fortune Teller's Booth, Ceylon (1961)$35.1kSign up
1961 Vel Festival, Toy Seller, Ceylon (1961)$35.7kSign up
1961 The Accident, Ceylon (1961)$39.6kSign up
1961 Shopping in the Pettah (Ceylon) (1961)$30.3kSign up
1961 Shopping in the Pettah (Ceylon) (1961)$13.4kSign up
1961 The Four Horsemen (1961)Unsold · sold 2×
1961 Shopping in the Pettah (1961)$11.9kSign up
1962 The Arrest of Governor Bligh (1962)$29.3kSign up
1962 The Watchers (circa 1962)$25.2kSign up
1963 Hurry Edward, The Troops are Coming (1963)$47.7kSign up

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1963 Yulgilbar Butler's Day Off c1963$22.9kSign up
1964 The Montebanks (1964)$4.9kSign up
1964 (Australian Fantasy) (1964)$131kSign up
1965 Studio Interior (1965)Unsold
1965 Three Figure Studies (1965)$3.7kSign up
1965 Irish Bob with the Cat (1965)Unsold · sold 2×
1965 The Black's Hut 1965$7.3kSign up
1965 Falling Figures 1965Unsold
1965 Mountebanks$272Sign up
1965 GUITARIST (1965)$5.8kSign up
c. 1967 The Mysterious Carvings of Ye Puloh (Bali)$2.7kSign up
c. 1967 Digging the Scene at Ubud$1.8kSign up

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 9 works

Sold: 6 of 9
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $5kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 18.5 in (48 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Gouache (2), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1), Birds (1)

1980s 14 works

Sold: 12 of 14
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 21.5 in (47 × 54 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (8), Drawing (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Rivers & marshes (1)

1980 A View of Stroud c1980Unsold
c. 1982 Study for Noble Forest (for Songs of the Vagabond Scholars)$565Sign up
1982 Songs of the Vagabond Scholars book of 14 original lithographs, edition of 100 Lyrics by anonymous wanderers who sheltered in courts and monasteries at the time of the black death, Beagle Press: Sydney, 1982, bound in full leather, gilt lettering with slipcase, contains 14 original lithographs by Donald Friend, limited edition of 100, signed by the artist$2kSign up
1983 The Wicker Chair$8.5kSign up
1985 Glass House Mountains Landscape (View from Lawrie Daws Verandah)$721Sign up
1985 From the Bush$3.6kSign up
1985 Avocados (L A Cuisine)Unsold
c. 1985 View from the Toolshed 2 c1985-87$6.2kSign up
1986 Princes Bridge, Yarra River 1986$2.1kSign up
1987 Musicians$55Sign up
1987 Stockman 1987$2.3kSign up
1988 Male Study$999Sign up

Show 2 more (1980s)

1988 Islander 1988$1.8kSign up
1989 The Garden Window 1989$2.2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

121 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $5kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 14 in (38 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2009 Girl with a Cigarette$3.5kSign up
sold 2009 Legong, BaliUnsold
sold 2009 Prahus Batu DjinibarUnsold
sold 2009 Kadir$6.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 51 works

Sold: 44 of 51
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $3.8kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 18.5 in (48 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (16), Gouache (10), Etching (8)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (11), Rabbits (1), Markets & villages (1)

sold 2011 The Family$3.5kSign up
sold 2011 The Garden ShrineUnsold
sold 2011 The Wash Basin$7.1kSign up
sold 2012 Horseplay off the Jetty$4.9kSign up
sold 2012 THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST RABBIT$33.7kSign up
sold 2012 Arcadian Spring$266Sign up

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sold 2012 Blake$154Sign up
sold 2012 Happy Birthday$205Sign up
sold 2012 Two Stockmen, Yulgilbar Station$2.5kSign up
sold 2013 GLASS HOUSE MOUNTAIN 1$3kSign up
sold 2013 Two Boys, Ceylon$3.8kSign up
sold 2013 Boy with Banksias II$429Sign up

…and 39 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 66 works

Sold: 57 of 66
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $3.2kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 18.5 in (47 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (21), Gouache (20), Mixed media (8)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (13), Markets & villages (3), Harbours & ports (1)

sold 2020 Sicily$405Sign up
sold 2020 Kadir (Bali)$2.2kSign up
sold 2020 Carvings at the Church of Vezelay$709Sign up
sold 2020 Jaffna House, Ceylon$10.8kSign up
sold 2020 Sleeping Boy$8.6kSign up
sold 2020 The Artist's Chair$13.7kSign up · sold 2×

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2020 (2)$98Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2020 (3)$212Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2020 Minister at the Pulpit$106Sign up
sold 2021 Sayang, Bali$3.9kSign up
sold 2021 Diver, Bali$551Sign up
sold 2021 Nude with Mask and Monkey, Bali$1.7kSign up · sold 2×

…and 54 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Donald Friend auction results →