Gerald Laing — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works165

Museum Acquisitions

19 Institutions

Whitney

MoMA

Previous Sales 25

Christie's

Sotheby's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Lotus in the Sunset, 1969

Christie's

Christie's

Commemoration, 1965

£1,202,500 ($1.6M USD)

Oct 2015

Christie's

Souvenir (of the Cuban Missile Crisis Oct 16-28 1962)

£62,500 ($83k USD)

Jun 2014

Christie's

Brigitte Bardot, 1963

Christie's

Christie's

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

The Human Condition II, 1979

Bonhams

Christie's

Baby, Baby, Wild Things and Brigitte Bardot, 1968

$30,828

Mar 2025

Sotheby's

Three Incidents from the Shock Film of the Year, 1963

Sotheby's

Christie's

Christie's

Self Portrait (Tear Gas Grenade), 2011

$12,500

Jun 2021

Swann Auction Galleries

Male Torso I, 1980

Bought In

May 2022

Phillips · Artsy

The Dressing Table at the Rosarito Hotel – Self-Portrait with Galina III, 1972

Bidding closed

Oil on canvas

Heritage Auctions · Artsy

Jean Harlow, 2011

Bidding closed

Silkscreen in colors on paper

Alpha 137 Gallery · Artsy

Cat (Knight, CR-406) Cast bronze sculpture by renowned British Pop artist, 1983

RoGallery · Artsy

RoGallery · Artsy

Untitled (From Banner), 1968

No longer available

Silkscreen on Card Stock

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Market237 auction results

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$1.9K – $2.1M

4 of 9 paintings lots with prices

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$606K

Object-type specific

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$269K

4 priced paintings lots

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Mar 2026 · $68.5K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Paintings: $269K medianSculpture/objects: $37.6K medianEditioned prints: $5.4K medianBooks/portfolios: $721 medianEditioned objects: $2.1K medianDecorative/non-core: $8.3K medianUnclassified lots: $7.0K median

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PhillipsSotheby'sChristie'sLyon & TurnbullShannon's Fine Art Auctioneers

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Education3

Berkhamsted School

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA

Saint Martin's School Art

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Current Exhibitions1

Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Ai Weiwei, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Melissa Miller, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Jun 12, 2026 — Sep 10, 2026

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Pioneering Scot features in exhibition putting focus on overlooked artists

The Fine Art Society in Scotland is marking its 150th anniversary with a special exhibition that highlights historically overlooked artists, including…

exhibitionsMay 31, 2026

Edinburgh Fine Art Society marks 150 years with landmark exhibition

The Fine Art Society, one of Scotland's oldest commercial galleries, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a landmark exhibition opening June 13 a…

exhibitionsMay 27, 2026

christies london sales 2026

Christie’s London achieved a robust £197.5 million ($263.8 million) across three evening sales, marking a significant 52 percent increase over the pre…

marketMar 6, 2026

London Saw Few Auction Shakeups as Guarantees Steadied the Market

Christie’s marquee evening sales in London achieved a combined total of £197.5 million ($263.8 million), characterized by a steady, prearranged atmosp…

marketMar 6, 2026

Henry Moore and Dorothea Tanning set records at Christie's triple-header sale in London

Christie’s London achieved a robust £197.4 million total across three evening sales, representing a 52% year-on-year increase for the season. The mara…

marketMar 6, 2026

And God Created Artists: Brigitte Bardot caught on canvas

Brigitte Bardot, the iconic French actress and animal rights activist, has died at age 91. The article highlights her enduring influence as an artists…

obituaryDec 28, 2025

Remembering Peter Phillips, the pioneering British Pop artist, who has died, aged 86

British Pop artist Peter Phillips has died at age 86. Known for his collage-like, saturated compositions incorporating mechanical parts, comic books, …

obituaryJul 7, 2025

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Past Exhibitions3

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Mar 12, 2026 — May 27, 2026

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