GERALD LAING (1936-2011) - photo 1

GERALD LAING (1936-2011)

Starting price
£ 50 000
Auction dateClassic
23.03.2022 13:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 728708
Lot 120 | GERALD LAING (1936-2011)
GERALD LAING (1936-2011)

Conception

signed, inscribed, numbered and dated 'CONCEPTION CR 370 8⁄10 1977 GERALD LAING' (reverse lower left)

bronze with a dark brown patina

32 in. (81.2 cm.) high

Conceived in 1977.







Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owners.





Literature

D.A. Flor, 'His Classical Sculptures Have A Contemporary Style', Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinal, 12 February 1981, not traced.

Exhibition catalogue, Gerald Laing 1963-1993: A Retrospective, Edinburgh, Fruitmarket Gallery, 1993, p. 6.

Exhibition catalogue, Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1965-1978, London, Fine Art Society, 2008, n.p., no. 15, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Gerald Laing 1936-2011: A Retrospective, London, Fine Art Society, 2016, p. 74, no. 58, another cast illustrated.

D. Knight, Gerald Laing: Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2017, p. 229, no. 394, another cast illustrated.





Exhibited

Edinburgh, Gladstone Court, An Exhibition of Sculpture by Gerald Laing at the Edinburgh Festival, August - September 1978, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.

New York, Max Hutchinson Gallery, Gerald Laing: Bronze Sculpture, November - December 1979, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.

Santa Fe, Shidoni Foundry and Galleries, 1980, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.

Miami, Bacardi Art Gallery, Gerald Laing: Sculpture, March - April 1982, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.

Aspen, Joanne Lyon Gallery, September 1983, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.

Wiltshire, Chisenbury Priory, Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, May - June 2002, another cast exhibited, catalogue not traced.

London, Fine Art Society, Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1965-1978, February - March 2008, no. 15, another cast exhibited.

London, Fine Art Society, Gerald Laing 1936-2011: A Retrospective, September - October 2016, no. 58, another cast exhibited.





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Artist:Gerald Laing (1936 - 2011)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
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