American Gothic 2004

• American Gothic
• Catalogue raisonné no. 667
• Artist's CR 608
• 2004
• Kinkell
• Oil on canvas
• 36 x 32 inches / 91 x 81 cm

Exhibitions:
• Gerald Laing: From 1963 to the Present, Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh, 2004
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• Gerald Laing: Iraq War Paintings, Kings College, Cambridge, 2005
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• Gerald Laing: Iraq War Paintings, Spike Gallery, New York, 2005
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• Gerald Laing: Iraq War Paintings, Globe Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007
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Literature:
• Gerald Laing, 'Artist’s Notes on War Paintings', unpublished manuscript, 2004
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• Gerald Laing: From 1963 to the Present, exhibition catalogue, Bourne Fine Art, 2004
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• David Eb, 'Gerald Laing at Spike', Art in America, September
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• Gerald Laing 1936–2011: A Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, The Fine Art Society, 2016
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Selected Citations and Comments

The technical mastery of his technique, using a pointillist system of black painted dots, survives today as in… the haunting imagery of the defiant couple in American Gothic. To paint like this, you have to know and have loved America.

Michael Spens, 'Article for Bourne Art Gallery Exhibition, Edinburgh', 2004