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Gouache · Board
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Study For Celebration
Donald Friend (Australian, 1915–1989) · 1956
A$4,200 price realized incl. premium
≈ $3,362≈ £2,208≈ €2,994
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, dated and lower right: Donald Friend '56 /
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 46.0 cm
- Auction house
- Deutscher and Hackett
- Sale
- Important Australian + International Fine Art (39-important-australian-international-fine-art)
- Date
- May 6, 2015
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 91
- Estimate
- A$4,000 – A$6,000 (≈ $3,202 – $4,803) (≈ £2,103 – £3,154) (≈ €2,851 – €4,277)
- Source
- Auction house deutscherandhackett.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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