THE SPIRIT LAUGHS, 1964 - 65

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Sydney
22 November 2023
30

YVONNE AUDETTE

born 1930
THE SPIRIT LAUGHS, 1964 - 65

oil on plywood

128.0 x 100.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: Audette 65
signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: Yvonne Audette / The Spirit Laughs / 1964

Estimate: 
AU$80,000 – $120,000
Sold for $110,455 (inc. BP) in Auction 76 - 22 November 2023, Sydney
Provenance

Collection of the artist, Melbourne

Exhibited

Yvonne Audette, Galleria Schneider, Rome, 22 April – 10 May 1965, cat. 11 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, n.p.)
Constructions in Colour: The Work of Yvonne Audette 1950s – 1960s, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 19 February – 16 April 2000

Literature

Gellatly, K., Constructions in Colour: The Work of Yvonne Audette 1950s – 1960s, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2000, p. 9 (illus.)
Heathcote, C., Adams, B., Vaughan, G., & Grant, K., Yvonne Audette: Paintings and Drawings 1949 – 2003, Macmillan, Melbourne, 2003, pl. 99, p. 133 (illus.)