Inge King
(1915 - 2016)
The ancestor, 1962
steel and copper
40.0 cm (height)
Estimate:
$12,000 - $18,000
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lot details
Inge King (1915 - 2016)
The ancestor, 1962
steel and copper
40.0 cm (height)
Provenance
The Argus Gallery, Melbourne
Private collection, Sydney
Thence by descent
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1980
Exhibited
Grahame King prints, Inge King sculpture, The Argus Gallery, Melbourne, 19 – 24 November 1962, cat. 17
Literature
Trimble, J., Inge King: Sculptor, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996, p. 197 (as ‘Ancestor’)
Grishin, S., The Art of Inge King: Sculptor, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2014, pp. 314 (illus.), 367