The Messenger
CR 515
New York
July, 1991
Bronze
Edition of 10
The Messenger is a sketch for the uppermost figure on the Axis Mundi group [cat. number 550]. The pose is based on that of Mercury by the Renaissance sculptor Giambologna, who in turned based his famous image on others, now lost, from Greek antiquity. This pose has been used by many artists through the ages, particularly in sculpture, and appears most recently on the cap badge of the Royal Corps of Signals. My figure is, unusually for this pose, female, and in the full scale version, winged, as befits a Wise Virgin in her Apotheosis.
, 'CR 515 The Messenger, Bronze 1/10/1991', unpublished manuscript, 1993We are compiling a full record of all Gerald Laing's artworks for the publication of a full Catalogue Raisonné.
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