Donald Friend
(Australia 06 Feb 1915–16 Aug 1989)
I Made Jojol
(Indonesia circa 1951– )
- Title
- recto: Self portrait on Balinese door (Donald Friend) verso: Jungle motif with devotional figure (I Made Jojol)
- Place of origin
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Sanur Beach →
Bali →
Indonesia
- Year
- 1978
- Media categories
- Painting, Woodwork, Sculpture
- Materials used
- recto: oil, gold leaf on wooden door with carved frame verso: carved jackfruit tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
- Dimensions
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158.5 x 51.8cm sight (painted door); 165.5 x 55.0cm carved door; 203.0 x 93.8 x 24.5cm door overall:
0 - Whole; 203 x 93.8 x 25cm; Door overall, including frame and plinth/base.
0 - Whole; 158.5 x 51.8cm; Sight dimensions of painted door panel.
0 - Whole; 165.5 x 55cm; Door panel with carving.
b - Plinth/Base; 24.5 x 93.8 x 25cm; Plinth/Base overall.
a - Door; 178.5 x 83.5 x 10.7cm; Door overall.
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by Carole Muller and the Pissarro Dinner Fund 2005
- Accession number
- 327.2005.a-b
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Donald Friend first visited Bali in 1966, later deciding to settle there at Sanur Beach where he built his Batujimbar Estate. Painted and carved respectively by Friend and Balinese sculptor I Made Jojol, this door was situated either in the museum or the guest pavilion that Friend created. In the upper section Friend has created a mocking portrait of himself as a Balinese prince, sitting in the lalita asana yoga pose; while the lower part was inspired by traditional Indonesian motifs.
Reflecting his great love and appreciation of Bali, Friend commissioned the young Jojol to carve the verso of this work. The subject presumably relates to a legend connected with his mountain village. A princely figure in a doorway holds his palms together in the Balinese gesture of respect; contrasting with the surrounding riot of animals and foliage in a whimsical, asymmetric composition.
- Bibliography (3)
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David Robson (Author), Beyond Bawa: Modern mastersworks of monsoon Asia, London, 2007, 84 (colour illus.).
'Year in review: Australian art', pg. 20-22., Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 2006 2006, 2006, 20, 21 (colour illus.).
'Camille Pissarro preview Fundraising Dinner'., Foundation Newsletter #7 Dec 2005, Dec 2005, (colour illus.).
