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(Sleeping Boy)
Donald Friend (Australian, 1915–1989)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$7,000 – A$10,000 (≈ $5,348 – $7,641) (≈ £4,378 – £6,255) (≈ €4,920 – €7,028)
Offered at Smith & Singer and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “ink, watercolour, gouache on paper on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed 'Donald Friend.' upper left
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 52 x 70.5 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design (AU0810)
- Date
- October 25, 2016
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 210
- Estimate
- A$7,000 – A$10,000 (≈ $5,348 – $7,641) (≈ £4,378 – £6,255) (≈ €4,920 – €7,028)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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