Belshazzar's Feast

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Gerald Laing (1936-2011)
Belshazzar's Feast
screenprint in colours, 2010, on wove paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 41/90, published by the artist, the full sheet, apparently in very good condition, unexamined out of the frame
I. 670 x 1065 mm., S. 855 x 1220 mm.

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Please note that this lot appears before lot 345 in the printed catalogue but will follow lot 345 in the auction.

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Lot Essay

Gerald Laing (1936-2011) rose to prominence in 1960s London as a prolific pop-artist producing paintings and screen prints of popular figures, models and even astronauts. After an extended departure exploring the media of sculpture, Laing returned in the relatively recent past to painting and prints of popular figures such as Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss and his favourite modern muse - the late Amy Winehouse.
"She is absolutely astounding graphically", Laing explained in a recent interview with the BBC - "a gift to an artist". The title of the present work Belshazzar's Feast makes reference to Rembrandt's picture of the same title in the National Gallery, London.

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