© Leonard Joel — view on Leonard Joel website ↗Glass House Mountains Landscape (View from Lawrie Daws Verandah), 1985
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Auction result
Figures by the Water
Donald Friend (Australian, 1915–1989)
A$14,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ $10,850≈ £7,669≈ €8,907
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- Medium
- Mixed media · Paintings all mixed media results →As published: “mixed media on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed upper left: DONALD FRIEND
- Category
- Mixed media
- Dimensions
- 30 x 40cm
- Auction house
- Leonard Joel
- Sale
- Fine Art (LJ8411) (LJ8411)
- Date
- June 8, 2021
- Location
- 333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141, Australia
- Lot
- 61
- Estimate
- A$10,000 – A$15,000 (≈ $7,750 – $11,625) (≈ £5,478 – £8,216) (≈ €6,362 – €9,543)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.leonardjoel.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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