Lot 196
GERALD LAING (BRITISH 1936-2011) §
FARQUHAR IN HIS COWBOY HAT
Auction: 17 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
£13,750
Description
Embossed under brim of hat with artist's CR 297, numbered 1/10, stamped with initals 'GL' and dated 1974, bronze, cast at Kinkell
Dimensions
19cm x 20cm x 28cm (7.5in x 8in x 11in)
Footnote
Note: "Worked on small sculpture of Farquhar in what he calls his ‘Cowboy Hat’ - actually a deerstalker, the type without flaps, originally owned by his mother but now completely taken over."
'Diary entry for December 28th 1973', Gerald Laing, unpublished manuscript, 1973
Provenance: Collection of Andrew McIntosh Patrick
Exhibited: Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, The Fine Art Society, London, 1999
Literature: Gerald Laing: Sculpture 1968–1999, exhibition catalogue, The Fine Art Society, 1999