The Major Periods
1962 – 1965: Early Pop Paintings
As one of the original wave of Pop artists Gerald Laing produced some of the most significant works of the British Pop movement. His paintings reproduced images of popular heroes such as starlets, film stars, drag racers, astronauts and skydivers. His 1962 portrait of Brigitte Bardot is an iconic work of the period and regularly features in major Pop retrospectives alongside Lincoln Convertible from 1964, a commemoration of the assassination of JFK.
1965 – 1970: Utopian Abstract Sculpture
From 1965 Gerald Laing's painting evolved into abstract sculptures using the techniques and materials of car customisation - lacquering, spray-painting and chrome-plating on metal.
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1970 – 1973: Sculpture In The Landscape
A move from New York to the Highlands of Scotland in 1970 saw Gerald Laing's sculpture respond to the beauty, roughness and power of the surrounding landscape.
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1972 – 2010: Public Sculpture
Public sculptures include the the Bank Station Dragons; the Rugby Sculptures at Twickenham Stadium; the Cricketer at Lords; the Highland Clearances Memorial in Helmsdale, Sutherland and Axis Mundi in Edinburgh.
1973 – 1980: Galina Series
Inspired by the figurative sculpture of the First World War Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner, in 1973 Gerald Laing began to model in clay and cast in bronze. The Galina Series and associated sculptures were his first works from this period.
1982 – 2007: Portrait Heads
Gerald Laing's portrait work includes heads and reliefs of Luciano Pavarotti, Andy Warhol, Paul Getty and Sam Wanamaker.
2002 – 2005: War Paintings
The Iraq war and the publication of images of torture at Abu Ghraib prison drew Gerald Laing back to painting for the first time in over three decades. The War Paintings series sees the starlets and all-American heroes of his early paintings take on new, more sinister roles.
2004 – 2011: New Paintings
Returning to the style and subject matter of his early pop art paintings, Gerald Laing's latest paintings feature media images of contemporary celebrities including Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss.
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Maquette for Frieze of the Wise and Foolish Virgins - Two Wise Virgins
Artists CR 379a
1978
Bronze (Edition of 6)
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Maquette for Frieze of the Wise and Foolish Virgins - Procrastination (Kathe Richter)
Artists CR 379b
1978
Bronze (Edition of 6)
Provenance: .
Exhibitions: An Exhibition of Sculpture by Gerald Laing at the Edinburgh Festival 1978, Gladstone Court, Edinburgh, 1978
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Maquette for Frieze of the Wise and Foolish Virgins - Self-Absorption (Portrait of Galina)
Artists CR 379c
1978
No media information
27x19inches/69x48cm
Collection: Artist's estate
Exhibitions: An Exhibition of Sculpture by Gerald Laing at the Edinburgh Festival 1978, Gladstone Court, Edinburgh, 1978
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Maquette for Frieze of the Wise and Foolish Virgins - Despair (Bianca Jagger)
Artists CR 379d
1978
Bronze (Edition of 6)
Collection: Private Collection
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Maquette for Frieze of the Wise and Foolish Virgins - Wistfulness (Patti Smith)
Artists CR 379e
1978
Bronze (Edition of 6)
27x26x5inches/69x66x13cm
Collection: Artist's estate
Exhibitions: An Exhibition of Sculpture by Gerald Laing at the Edinburgh Festival 1978, Gladstone Court, Edinburgh, 1978; Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1983
Literature: Gerald Laing, Gerald Laing: An Autobiography, 2011; Gerald Laing: Paintings & Sculpture 1963–1983, 1983; An Exhibition of Sculpture by Gerald Laing at the Edinburgh Festival 1978, 1978.
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Maquette for Frieze of the Wise and Foolish Virgins - Panic
Artists CR 379f
1978
Bronze
27x24x5inches/69x61x13cm
Collection: Artist's estate
Exhibitions: An Exhibition of Sculpture by Gerald Laing at the Edinburgh Festival 1978, Gladstone Court, Edinburgh, 1978; Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1983
Literature: Gerald Laing: Paintings & Sculpture 1963–1983, 1983; An Exhibition of Sculpture by Gerald Laing at the Edinburgh Festival 1978, 1978.
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Frieze of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
Artists CR 379x
1978
Bronze
48x840inches/122x2134cm, approximately
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1983; Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999
Literature: Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, 1993; Gerald Laing: From 1963 to the Present, 2004; Gerald Laing: Paintings & Sculpture 1963–1983, 1983; The Wise Virgins of George Street, , Cockburn Association Magazine, 1980, p.18; Divisive Sculptor on the Trail of the Great Detective, , Inverness Courier, 1990; Clare Henry, Fruitful Transformation, , Herald, 1993; The Michael Laird Partnership, The Wise and Foolish Virgins: A Sculpture Frieze by Gerald Laing, 1999; Exhibiting Close to Home, , Ross-shire Journal, 2002; An Exhibition of Sculpture by Gerald Laing at the Edinburgh Festival 1978, 1978; Gerald Laing, Apostasy, , Northern Review, 1998; Gerald Laing, Standard Life’s Wise and Foolish Virgins Sculptures, 1999; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999; Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39; Tam Dalyell, Gerald Laing: Artist whose work encompassed Sixties Pop Art and figurative sculpture, , Independent, 2011; Gerald Laing, Notes on ‘The Wise and Foolish Virgins’, 0; Gerald Laing, Standard Life’s Wise and Foolish Virgin Sculptures, 1999.
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Midwinter
Artists CR 380
February 1978
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 6)
10.5x42x32inches/27x107x81cm
Collection: Artist's estate
Exhibitions: Max Hutchinson Gallery, Houston, 1979; Gerald Laing: Bronze Sculpture, Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, 1979; Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982; Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, Chisenbury Priory, East Chisenbury, 2002
Literature: Dorothy-Anne Flor, His Classical Sculptures have a Contemporary Style, , Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel, 1981; Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, 2002.
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Vienna
Artists CR 381
September 1978
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 6)
22x10x10inches/56x25x25cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Max Hutchinson Gallery, Houston, 1979; Gerald Laing: Bronze Sculpture, Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, 1979; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1979; Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, 1981; Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982
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Maquette for Midwinter
Artists CR 382
Autumn 1979
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 10)
5x18.5x15inches/13x47x38cm, Base dimensions 21 x 5"
Collection: Artist's estate
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982
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The Human Condition II
Artists CR 383
June 1979
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 10)
24x13x12inches/61x33x30cm
Collection: Private Collection
Provenance: .
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Bronze Sculpture, Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, 1979; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1979; Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, 1981; Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982; An Exhibition of the Hamburg Triptych, 27–29 Blenheim Gardens, London, 1982
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New Morning
Artists CR 384
August 1979
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 6)
38x15x15inches/97x38x38cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Bronze Sculpture, Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, 1979; Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982
Literature: Dorothy-Anne Flor, His Classical Sculptures have a Contemporary Style, , Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel, 1981.
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Fountain of Sabrina
Artists CR 385
March - April 1980
Kinkell
Bronze (Edition of 3)
125x75x75inches/318x191x191cm, Lower bowl: 120" (305cm) diameter, 18" (50cm) height
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1983; Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999
Literature: Gerald Laing, Gerald Laing: An Autobiography, 2011; Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, 1993; Gerald Laing: Paintings & Sculpture 1963–1983, 1983; After Years Underground, The Fire-Breathing Monsters are Back, , The Daily Mail, 1995, p.29; Gerald Laing, Apostasy, , Northern Review, 1998; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999; Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39; Tam Dalyell, Gerald Laing: Artist whose work encompassed Sixties Pop Art and figurative sculpture, , Independent, 2011; Gerald Laing, The Fountain of Sabrina, 1980.
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Maquette for Fountain of Sabrina
Artists CR 385a
1980
Kinkell, Scotland
Mixed media
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Torso (Mature Woman)
Artists CR 386
May 1980
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze
Destroyed by artist
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Male Torso I
Artists CR 388
July 1980
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 10)
14x8x5inches/36x20x13cm
Collection: Gerald Laing Foundation
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982
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Male Torso (Self-Portrait)
Artists CR 390
August 1980
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze
14x8x7inches/36x20x18cm
Lost
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Reclining Figure - The Waterbed
Artists CR 391
August 1980
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 20)
2.125x11x8inches/5x28x20cm
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982
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Reclining Figure (Torso)
Artists CR 392
August 1980
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 20)
2x7.125x4.25inches/5x18x11cm
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982
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Shell for Fountain of Sabrina
Artists CR 393
February 1980
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 3)
19.75x59x49.25inches/50x150x125cm
Collection: Artist's estate
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Portrait of Farquhar Aged 10
Artists CR 394
Christmas 1980
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 10)
11.5x7x9.5inches/29x18x24cm
Collection: Artist's estate
Exhibitions: Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1982; Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1983; Barbican Art Fair, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1984; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1984; Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993; Gerald Laing: Portraits, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, London, 1993; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999; Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, Chisenbury Priory, East Chisenbury, 2002
Literature: Gerald Laing, Gerald Laing: An Autobiography, 2011; Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, 1993; Gerald Laing: Paintings & Sculpture 1963–1983, 1983; Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, 2002; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999; Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39.
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Dreaming II
Artists CR 396
May 1981
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 6)
9.5x7.5x10.5inches/24x19x27cm
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Woman with Towel (Mourning Woman)
Artists CR 397
June 1981
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 10)
22.25x11x8inches/57x28x20cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982; Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, Chisenbury Priory, East Chisenbury, 2002
Literature: Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, 2002.
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Adam and Eve (Maquette for Frieze)
Artists CR 398
June - July 1981
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze
11x25inches/28x64cm
Collection: Artist's estate
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Bronze Maquette for Spiral Tower, Cutters Gardens, London
Artists CR 399
August / September 1981
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 1)
27x19.25inches/69x49cm
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Seated Woman I
Artists CR 400
September 1981
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 10)
22x16x14inches/56x41x36cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982; Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999; Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, Chisenbury Priory, East Chisenbury, 2002; Gerald Laing 1936–2011: A Retrospective, The Fine Art Society, London, 2016
Literature: Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, 1993; Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, 2002; Gerald Laing 1936–2011: A Retrospective, 2016; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999.
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Seated Woman II
Artists CR 401
May - August 1981
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 3)
48x35x35inches/122x89x89cm
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982
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Marble Version of Dreaming
Artists CR 402
October 1981
Pietrasante, Tuscany
Marble
15x8x11inches/38x20x28cm
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: (Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami) Private Collection, 1982;.
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, 1982
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Linklater Madonna
Artists CR 403
July 1982
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 10)
21x7x8inches/53x18x20cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1983
Literature: Gerald Laing: Paintings & Sculpture 1963–1983, 1983.
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Hamburg Triptych
Artists CR 404
December - April 1981
Iron
76x44inches/193x112cm, each, 3 parts
Collection: Gerald Laing Foundation
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Hamburg Triptych (for the Edinburgh International Festival), Bannermans Bar, Edinburgh, 1982; An Exhibition of the Hamburg Triptych, 27–29 Blenheim Gardens, London, 1982; Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1983; Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993; Gerald Laing: A Selected Retrospective of 40 Years' Work, Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, 2002
Literature: Gerald Laing: Paintings & Sculpture 1963–1983, 1983; Gerald Laing, Exhibition of Sculpture by Gerald Laing, 1982.
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Hamburg Triptych (bronze)
Artists CR 404a
1982
Bronze
76x44inches/193x112cm, each, 3 parts
Collection: Artist's estate
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Male Figure
Artists CR 405
August / September 1982
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 10)
28.75x7x4inches/73x18x10cm
Collection: Artist's estate
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Cat
Artists CR 406
April 1982
London (Brixton)
Bronze (Edition of 10, plus 4 artist’s proofs)
13x8x7inches/33x20x18cm
Collection: Artist's estate
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1983; Albert Totah Gallery, New York, 1987; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999
Literature: Gerald Laing: Paintings & Sculpture 1963–1983, 1983; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999.
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Flora
Artists CR 407
December - April 1982
London (Brixton)
Bronze (Edition of 10)
23.5x53x27inches/60x135x69cm
Collection: Gerald Laing Foundation
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993; Gerald Laing: The Galina Series, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness, 1994; Gerald Laing 1936–2011: A Retrospective, The Fine Art Society, London, 2016
Literature: Unknown, Much-enjoyed bronze nude is set to go on permanent display, , Press and Journal, 1994; Gerald Laing, From Here to Apostasy, , Art Review, 1999, pp.48–9; Gerald Laing 1936–2011: A Retrospective, 2016.
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Flora (Head Alone)
Artists CR 407a
December 1982
London
Bronze (Edition of 10)
Collection: Artist's estate
Exhibitions: Barbican Art Fair, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1984
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Doorknocker
Artists CR 408
January 1983
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 10)
15.75x8.5x2.75inches/40x22x7cm
Collection: Gerald Laing Foundation
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Barbara Conviser
Artists CR 409
May 1983
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 6)
12x7x8.5inches/30x18x22cm
Josh Conviser and Martine Conviser Fedyszyn
Provenance: Collection of Michael and Barbara Conviser.;.
Exhibitions: Joanne Lyon Gallery, Aspen, 1983; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999; Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, Chisenbury Priory, East Chisenbury, 2002
Literature: Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, 2002; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999.
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Joshua Conviser, Aged 9
Artists CR 410
May 1983
Aspen, Colorado
Bronze (Edition of 2)
12x7x8.5inches/30x18x22cm
Josh Conviser and Martine Conviser Fedyszyn
Provenance: Collection of Michael and Barbara Conviser.;.
Exhibitions: Joanne Lyon Gallery, Aspen, 1983
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Martine Conviser, Aged 7
Artists CR 411
May 1983
Aspen, Colorado
Bronze (Edition of 2)
11x8x8.5inches/28x20x22cm
Josh Conviser and Martine Conviser Fedyszyn
Provenance: Collection of Michael and Barbara Conviser.;.
Exhibitions: Joanne Lyon Gallery, Aspen, 1983
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Michael Conviser (Relief Medallion)
Artists CR 412
May 1983
Aspen, Colorado
Bronze (Edition of 1)
5inches/13cm, diameter
Josh Conviser and Martine Conviser Fedyszyn
Provenance: Private Collection;.
Exhibitions: Joanne Lyon Gallery, Aspen, 1983
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