Inge King born 1918 BLACK SUN (1974-1975)

• Lot Sold $60,000 (Hammer Price)
• $72,000 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

steel
61 X 56 X 18CM

PROVENANCE
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private Collection, Sydney

EXHIBITED
Australia '75, Commonwealth Gardens, Canberra, 7-16 March 1975, (monumental version) Sixth Mildura Sculpture Triennial, City of Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, 29 March - May 1975, (monumental version)
Inge King: Sculptures, Realities Gallery, Melbourne, 24 March - 21 April 1977 (another version)
The Kings, City of Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, September - October 1975; McClelland Art Gallery, Langwarrin; Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, February 1976; Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, [checking dates], no. 43 (another version)
Spring Exhibition 1979, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 17-30 October 1979, no. 176, illustrated (another version)
Inge King: Sculpture 1945-1982: A Survey, University Gallery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 14 September - 22 October 1982, no. 10 (another version)
Inge King: Small Sculptures 1943-1994, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, 6 September - 8 October 1995, no. 17 (another version)
Inge King: Small Sculptures, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, 8 August - 26 September 2004, no. 33 (first maquette and monumental version)

LITERATURE
Tom McCullough (ed.) The Kings, City of Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, 1975, cover (illustrated) (monumental version)
Jenny Zimmer, Inge King Sculpture 1945-1982: A Survey, University Gallery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 1982, pp. 16, 21
David Thomas, Inge King: Small Sculptures 1943-1994, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, 1995, pp. 7, 25, 30 (illustrated)
Judith Trimble, Inge King: Sculptor, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996, pp. 64 (illustrated) (monumental version), 106, 109, 135,190, 200
Robert Lindsay (ed.), Inge King: Sculptures, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, 2004, n.p. (illustrated) (first maquette and monumental version)