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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Memorial Relief for Alasdair John Cameron Graham 1986-88
Artists CR 489
June 1989
Bronze (Edition of 2)
15x18inches/38x46cm
Collection: Private Collection
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Relief Portrait of Ian Carr
Artists CR 490
4-5 July 1989
Bronze
16.75x16.5inches/43x42cm
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing, The Scottish Gallery, London, London, 1990
Literature: Gerald Laing, Notes for the 1993 Retrospective Exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993.
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Relief Portrait of AAGV Ogilvie-Laing
Artists CR 491
July 1989
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze
17x14.75inches/43x37cm
Provenance: .
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing, The Scottish Gallery, London, London, 1990; 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
Literature: Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, 1993; Gerald Laing, Notes for the 1993 Retrospective Exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999; Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39.
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Portrait of Air Vice Marshall J.E. Johnson
Artists CR 492
August 1989
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 10)
23x10x10inches/58x25x25cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing, The Scottish Gallery, London, London, 1990; Gerald Laing: Portraits, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, London, 1993
Literature: Gerald Laing, Notes for the 1993 Retrospective Exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993.
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Sherlock Holmes - A Memorial to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Artists CR 493
1989
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze on sandstone plinth
90inches/229cm, height
Commissioned by the Federation of Master Builders (Scotland)
Provenance: .
Exhibitions: 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; Divisive Sculptor on the Trail of the Great Detective, , Inverness Courier, 1990; Clare Henry, Fruitful Transformation, , Herald, 1993; After Years Underground, The Fire-Breathing Monsters are Back, , The Daily Mail, 1995, p.29; Exhibiting Close to Home, , Ross-shire Journal, 2002; Jeremy Watson, ‘Immoral’ War Inspires Art Legend, , Scotland on Sunday, 2004; Susan Mansfield, Why I Said Goodbye to Warhol, , Scotsman, 2002; 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; Sculptor gets ahead with exhibition, , Press and Journal, 1994.
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Maquette for Conan Doyle Memorial, Picardy Place, Edinburgh
Artists CR 493a
June 1989
Kinkell, Scotland
Painted plaster
28x12x10inches/71x30x25cm
Collection: Artist's estate
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Sun Motif for a Building in Glasgow
Artists CR 494
August - September 1989
Bronze
30inches/76cm, diameter
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Portrait of Liliane Peck
Artists CR 495
September - October 1989
New York
Bronze
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Peregrine Falcon (Memorial to Peter Combe)
Artists CR 496
September 1989
New York
Bronze
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
Literature: Divisive Sculptor on the Trail of the Great Detective, , Inverness Courier, 1990.
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Horse’s Head, Life-size
Artists CR 497
September 1989
New York City
Bronze (Edition of 6)
27.5x25x10inches/70x64x25cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing, The Scottish Gallery, London, London, 1990
Literature: Gerald Laing, Notes for the 1993 Retrospective Exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993.
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Pacing Mare
Artists CR 498
October 1989
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 6)
20x8x26inches/51x20x66cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing, The Scottish Gallery, London, London, 1990
Literature: Gerald Laing, Notes for the 1993 Retrospective Exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993.
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Rearing Mare
Artists CR 499
October 1989
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 6)
30x22x10inches/76x56x25cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing, The Scottish Gallery, London, London, 1990
Literature: Gerald Laing, Notes for the 1993 Retrospective Exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993.
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Rearing Stallion
Artists CR 500
October 1989
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (Edition of 6)
22x22x9inches/56x56x23cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing, The Scottish Gallery, London, London, 1990
Literature: Gerald Laing, Notes for the 1993 Retrospective Exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993.
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Running Mare
Artists CR 501
November 1989
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze
25x7x39inches/64x18x99cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing, The Scottish Gallery, London, London, 1990
Literature: Gerald Laing, Notes for the 1993 Retrospective Exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993.
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Portrait of A. B. L. Munro Fergusson of Novar and Raith
Artists CR 502
October - November 1989
Bronze
18x10x11inches/46x25x28cm
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Maquette for Criterion Horses
Artists CR 503
December 1989
Plaster and wood model, painted, with light box
18x18x9inches/46x46x23cm
Collection: Artist's estate
Literature: Gerald Laing, The Criterion Horses, 1989.
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The Dunphail Obelisk Sundial
Artists CR 504
December - March 1989
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze
74x12x12inches/188x30x30cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, Chisenbury Priory, East Chisenbury, 2002
Literature: Gerald Laing, Dragons at Bank, , Whistler, 1995, p.12; Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, 2002; Gerald Laing, The Dunphail Sundial, 1990.
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Portrait of Andy Warhol - Bronze
Artists CR 505
January - February 1990
Bronze (Edition of 6)
19.25x15.25x12inches/49x39x30cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing, The Scottish Gallery, London, London, 1990; Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1990; Gerald Laing: Portraits, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, London, 1993; Gerald Laing 1936–2011: A Retrospective, The Fine Art Society, London, 2016
Literature: Gerald Laing 1936–2011: A Retrospective, 2016; Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39; Tam Dalyell, Gerald Laing: Artist whose work encompassed Sixties Pop Art and figurative sculpture, , Independent, 2011.
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Figure Study A
Artists CR 506
February - March 1990
New York City
Bronze (Edition of 10)
2.75x9.5x4.75inches/7x24x12cm
Collection: Artist's estate
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Figure Study B
Artists CR 507
February - March 1990
New York City
Bronze (Edition of 10)
3x8.5x7inches/8x22x18cm
Collection: Artist's estate
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Figure Study C
Artists CR 508
February - March 1990
New York City
Bronze (Edition of 10)
2.75x10x5inches/7x25x13cm
Collection: Artist's estate
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Figure Study D
Artists CR 509
February - March 1990
New York City
Bronze (Edition of 10 sandcasts and 20 ceramic casts)
5.5x3.75x5inches/14x10x13cm
Collection: Artist's estate
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Relief Portrait of Farquhar
Artists CR 510
May 1990
Bronze
17.75x15inches/45x38cm
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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The Kinkell Sundial
Artists CR 511
May 1990
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze
74x12x12inches/188x30x30cm
Collection: Gerald Laing Foundation
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999
Literature: Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999.
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Axis Mundi
Artists CR 512
1990
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze (five figures and three bowl sundials), granite-clad obelisk
420inches/1067cm, height; figures at 1.25 x life-size
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
Exhibitions: 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: From 1963 to the Present, 2004; Divisive Sculptor on the Trail of the Great Detective, , Inverness Courier, 1990; The Michael Laid Partnership, Axis Mundi: A Sculpture by Gerald Ogilvie Laing MCMXCI, 1991; Clare Henry, Fruitful Transformation, , Herald, 1993; Iain Gale, The Great Survivor, , Caledonia, 2002, pp.38-40; Exhibiting Close to Home, , Ross-shire Journal, 2002; Gerald Laing, Apostasy, , Northern Review, 1998; Gerald Laing, Axis Mundi or The Apotheosis of the Wise Virgins, 1991.
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Relief Portrait - The Children of Mr and Mrs Ewen Cameron, Dillington, Somerset
Artists CR 513
1990
Bronze
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Winged Figure - Uppermost figure of Axis Mundi
Artists CR 514
July 1991
Bronze (Edition of 10)
97x88x48inches/246x224x122cm
Collection: Gerald Laing Foundation
Exhibitions: 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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Relief Portrait of Elizabeth Stuart
Artists CR 514a
July 1991
Bronze
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Portraits, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, London, 1993
Literature: Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39.
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The Messenger
Artists CR 515
July 1991
New York
Bronze (Edition of 10)
55x15.75x19.75inches/140x40x50cm
Collection: Private Collection
Literature: Gerald Laing, CR 515 The Messenger, Bronze 1/10/1991, 1993.
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Maquette for Statue of General de Gaulle
Artists CR 516
August - September 1991
Bronze
37.5x9.75x8.5inches/95x25x22cm
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Maquette-sized Wise Virgin on Column
Artists CR 517
1991
No media information (Edition of 10)
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Portrait of Titus, Aet. 6 Weeks (Crying)
Artists CR 518
1991
Bronze
13x7x7inches/33x18x18cm
Collection: Artist's estate
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Portraits, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, London, 1993
Literature: Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39.
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Portrait of Sir Charles A. Fraser
Artists CR 519
September - November 1991
Bronze
, Life-size
Collection: National Portrait Gallery, London
Provenance: Private collection, February 1992;.
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Portraits, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, London, 1993
Literature: Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39; Tam Dalyell, Gerald Laing: Artist whose work encompassed Sixties Pop Art and figurative sculpture, , Independent, 2011.
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Portrait of Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
Artists CR 520
November 1991
Copenhagen
Bronze (Edition of 10)
13x7.5x9inches/33x19x23cm
Collection: Artist's estate
Exhibitions: 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: A Retrospective 1963–1993, 1993; Gerald Laing: Sculpture at Chisenbury Priory, 2002; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999; Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39.
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Relief Portrait of Michael Alasdair Findlay
Artists CR 521
1991
New York City
Bronze
27x27x3inches/69x69x8cm
Collection: Private collection, New York.
Provenance: .
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993; Gerald Laing: Portraits, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, London, 1993
Literature: Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, 1993; Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39.
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Ligia and Titus
Artists CR 522
January 1992
New York
Bronze (Edition of 10)
28x24x22inches/71x61x56cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1993; Gerald Laing: Portraits, Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd, London, 1993
Literature: Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, 1993.
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Maquette of Axis Mundi
Artists CR 523
1992
Mixed media
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
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Titus II
Artists CR 524
1992
Bronze (Edition of 10)
8.5x6.25x3.5inches/22x16x9cm
Collection: Private Collection
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Portrait of Paul Johnson
Artists CR 525
March 1992
London
Bronze (Edition of 10)
14x9x12inches/36x23x30cm
Collection: Private collection
Provenance: .
Exhibitions: 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
Literature: Gerald Laing: A Retrospective 1963–1993, 1993; Paul Johnson, Sombre Personal Reflections on Being Busted, , Spectator, 1993, p.24; Gerald Laing, From Here to Apostasy, , Art Review, 1999, pp.48–9; Exhibiting Close to Home, , Ross-shire Journal, 2002; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999; Gerald Laing: Portraits, 1993, p.39.
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Portrait of Sam Wanamaker
Artists CR 526
May 22-25 1992
Kinkell, Scotland
Bronze / nickel plated bronze (Edition of 10)
20.5x9.5x11inches/52x24x28cm
Collection: Private Collection
Exhibitions: Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999
Literature: Sculptor Donates Bust, , Antiques Bulletin, 1996; Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, 1999; [untitled], , Around the Globe, 1996.
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