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Gouache · Board
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Boy Sleeping
Donald Friend (Australian, 1915–1989) · 1950
A$3,120 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,881≈ £1,894≈ €2,175
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “ink, watercolour and pastel on paper on board”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated upper right: D Friend / (illeg.), 50 / (illeg.) London
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 47.0 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Important Australian + International Fine Art (14-important-australian-international-fine-art)
- Date
- April 28, 2010
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 207
- Estimate
- A$1,500 – A$2,500 (≈ $1,385 – $2,309) (≈ £911 – £1,518) (≈ €1,046 – €1,743)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 12, 2026
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