LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil, cellulose paint and graphite on canvas

Measurements:

54.13 in. (137.50 cm.) (height) by 66.10 in. (167.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated with stencils 'SKY DIVER 3 1964 GERALD LAING' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, Richard Feigen Gallery, New Images, 1964. London, Saint Martin’s School of Art, Gerald Laing, Keith Lingard, David Milne, 1964.

Literature:

D. Knight (ed.), Gerald Laing, Catalogue Raisonné, London 2017, p. 486, no. 35 (illustrated in colour, p. 47).

Provenance:

Richard Feigen Gallery, New York. Harry N. Abrams Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1964). Thence by descent to the present owner.