Portrait of Malcolm Morley II (etched glass) 1976

• Portrait of Malcolm Morley II (etched glass)
• Catalogue raisonné no. 383
• Artist's CR 362
• Ingrams and Halliwell no. 66
• 1976
• Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Three etched glass sheets, mounted in frame.
• Edition of 20
• 18 x 18 x3 inches / 46 x 46 x8 cm

Exhibitions:
• Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, 1983
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• Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999
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• Gerald Laing: From 1963 to the Present, Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh, 2004
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• Space, Speed, Sex: Prints and Multiples 1965–1976, Sims Reed Gallery, London, 2006
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Literature:
• Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, exhibition catalogue, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, 1983
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• Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, exhibition catalogue, The Fine Art Society, 1999
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• Gerald Laing: From 1963 to the Present, exhibition catalogue, Bourne Fine Art, 2004
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• Space, Speed, Sex: Prints and Multiples 1965–1976, exhibition catalogue, Sims Reed Gallery, 2006
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• Lindsey Ingram and Rupert Halliwell (eds.), Gerald Laing Prints and Multiples: A Catalogue Raisonné, Sims Reed Ltd, London, 2006
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Selected Citations and Comments

I first saw the etched glass technique on the windows of a customised van in New Mexico, where I spent a year in 1976-7 teaching at the University. In these works I used it to extend the possibilities of printmaking. The imagery is figurative and highly stylised.

Gerald Laing, Gerald Laing: Paintings and Sculpture 1963–1983, exhibition catalogue, Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, 1983