Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Glass House Mountains Landscape (View from Lawrie Daws Verandah), 1985
Watercolor · Paper
Leonard Joel · Sep 8, 2026A$1,000 ≈ $721 ≈ £533 ≈ €621Sign up free to see price
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Xanthippe
Donald Friend (Australian, 1915–1989)
A$600 hammer
≈ $464≈ £335≈ €390
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “Ink & Gouache”
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 40.5x49.5cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Estate & Collector (Sale 146) (146)
- Date
- March 21, 2021
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 12
- Estimate
- A$600 – A$1,000 (≈ $464 – $774) (≈ £335 – £558) (≈ €390 – €651)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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