GERALD LAING

Portrait Bust of John Paul Getty Jr

Catalogue raisonné no. 606

Artist's CR 557

October - November, 1996

London

Nickel-plated bronze

31 x 20 x14 inches / 0 cm

Exhibitions:
• Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999
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Literature:
• Gerald Laing, 'Apostasy', Northern Review, 1998
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• Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, exhibition catalogue, The Fine Art Society, 1999
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• 'Exhibiting Close to Home', Ross-shire Journal, 30 August
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• Susan Mansfield, 'Why I Said Goodbye to Warhol', Scotsman, 27 August
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• Jeremy Watson, '‘Immoral’ War Inspires Art Legend', Scotland on Sunday, 5 September
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• Michael McNay, 'Gerald Laing obituary', Guardian, 25 November
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Selected Citations and Comments

This portrait bust was commissioned by the National Gallery, London, to acknowledge Getty’s £50 million donation to the gallery. It sits inside the main entrance to the gallery on the right hand side and was designed to make a pair with the marble bust of Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough, by Sir Francis Chantrey which sits to the left. A second cast with a black patina was made in 1998.

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