GERALD LAING (1936-2011)
05.03.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1548950
Lot 37 | GERALD LAING (1936-2011)
Estimate value
1000000GBP £ 1 000 000 – 1 500 000
Beach Wear
signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'GERALD LAING NYC 1964 "BEACH WEAR"' (on the reverse)
oil and graphite on canvas
96 1/8 x 47 5/8in. (244 x 121.5cm.)
Painted in 1964
Provenance
Richard Feigen Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1964).
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 6 October 2016, lot 10.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
V. D. Coke, The Painter and the Photograph, Albuquerque 1972, pp. 139 and 320, no. 323 (illustrated, p. 140; source image illustrated, p. 140, no. 324).
D. Knight (ed.), Gerald Laing, Catalogue Raisonné, London 2017, pp. 58 and 481, no. 51 (illustrated in colour, p. 59).
Exhibited
New York, Richard Feigen Gallery, First Jump Course, 1964.
London, The Fine Art Society, Gerald Laing 1936-2011: A Retrospective, 2016, p. 26, no. 15 (illustrated in colour, p. 27).
| Artist: | Gerald Laing (1936 - 2011) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Gerald Laing (1936 - 2011) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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