FRIEND, Donald (1915-1989)
'The Overlander,' 1960.
Signed lower right.
Mixed Media on Paper
68x102cm

PROVENANCE:
Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane; Mossgreen Auctions, The Peter Elliott Collection, Sydney, 30th August 2015 (lot 20); private collection, Sydney.

EXHIBITIONS:
Recent Australian Paintings, London, 1961, cat. #27; Recent Australian Paintings, London 1962, cat. #12; Donald Friend Retrospective, Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney, 18th March - 26th April 1975, cat. #77; Donald Friend 1915-1989 Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 9th February - 25th March 1990, cat. #69 (label verso), then touring to National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery; Donald Friend: A Charmed Life, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 9th November 2006 - 4th February 2007; Up Close and Personal: Works from the Collection of Dr Peter Elliott AM, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, August - September 2011; Masterpieces from the Peter Elliott Collection, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, 6th December 2013 - 7th February 2014; Orange Regional Art Gallery, 2nd May - 15th June 2014.


LITERATURE:
John Pringle, Australian Painting Today, Thames and Hudson, London, 1963: Illus. p. 78 (colour); Barry Pearce, Donald Friend 1915 - 1989 Retrospective, Beagle Press, Art Gallery of NSW, 1990, cat. #69, illus. pg 91; Gavin Fry, The Peter Elliott Collection of Australian Art, The Beagle Press 2013, p. 66, cat. #42.



Estimate $8,000-12,000