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The fortune teller
Donald Friend(1956)
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
Donald Friend's 'The fortune teller' was painted in Brisbane after he and I had been on a painting trip to North Queensland. Donald was looking through Life magazines and saw some photographs of an Indian ceremony which included elephants decorated with elaborate designs. Donald was fascinated and later incoporated the patterns into this painting.
Margaret Olley, 2000
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Details
- Title: The fortune teller
- Creator: Donald Friend
- Creator Lifespan: 1915 - 1989
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Creator Birth Place: Cremorne, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Date Created: (1956)
- Physical Dimensions: 66.0 x 96.5 cm board; 86.1 x 117.7 x 5.9 cm frame
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Purchased 1956 © AGNSW
- Medium: oil on canvas on hardboard
- Signature & Date: Signed l.r. corner, white oil "DONALD FRIEND". Not dated.
- Artist Country: Australia
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