Inge King (1915 - 2016)

Joie de vivre (maquette II), 1989

polychrome steel on granite base

41.0 x 75.0 x 13.5 cm (including base)

signed with initials at base: IK

Max Joffe, Melbourne
Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 1 May 2001, lot 60
The Estate of Felicity St John Moore, Melbourne

Inge King: Sculpture, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 8 October – 16 November 1992, cat. 53
Inge King: Small Sculptures 1943–1994, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 6 September – 8 October 1995, cat. 32 (as ‘Maquette for Joie de Vivre’)

Edwards, G., Inge King: Sculpture, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1992, p. 39 (illus.)
Trimble, J., Inge King: Sculptor, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996, p. 204
Grishin, S., The Art of Inge King: Sculptor, Macmillan Art Publishing, Melbourne, 2014, pp. 335, 372

Joie de vivre, 1989 – 90, steel, 525.0 x 275.0 x 49.0 cm, winner of the competition for the ICI Building office foyer, illus. in Trimble, J., Inge King: Sculptor, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996, p. 96

We are grateful to Jane Eckett for her assistance with this catalogue entry.