Item - Negro studies

ID UNSW D 1955/0324 (082132)
Artist Donald FRIEND (1915 - 1989)
Title Negro studies
Alternate Titles Three negroes
Category Drawing
Medium pastel, ink and wash on paper
Materials pastel, ink, watercolour, paper support
Edition Number
Measurements (cms)  
  Height 30.00
  Width 46.50
  Depth 0.00
  Other Original frame: 47 x 63 x 3.5 cms
Marks/Inscriptions  
  Location lower left corner
  Signed in ink: Donald Friend '52
Produced  
  When 1952
  Where
Style Narrative
Subject Faces
Credit Line Purchased 1955
Description/Remarks    Image depicts studies of three young African men, in pastel ink and watercolour on a buff-coloured paper support. Between 1949 and 1953 Friend sailed to Italy via Sri Lanka; lived in Florence, London and Ischia. This work was produced during this time. (One of the first works acquired by the Univertsity).
Exhibition History Faces on campus: works from the University Art Collection, UNSW Library and ADFA Library, (08/02/1994 - 31/01/1995)
Bibliography Rumley, K., Integrating Art on Campus: The University of New South Wales Collection, The University of New South Wales, Kensington NSW Australia, 1992, ill.pg. 34
ISBN 0 7334 0262 3

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