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Lotus in the Sunset
Details
GERALD LAING (1936-2011)
Lotus in the Sunset
signed, inscribed and dated 'Gerald Laing 1969 ''Lotus in the Sunset.''/NYC' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
60 x 216 in. (152.4 x 548.6 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
Lotus in the Sunset
signed, inscribed and dated 'Gerald Laing 1969 ''Lotus in the Sunset.''/NYC' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
60 x 216 in. (152.4 x 548.6 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
Provenance
Commissioned by David Lockton in 1969.
Victory Circle Club at Ontario Motor Speedway, California, opened in August 1970.
Vel’s Parnelli Jones Collection, California, 1981.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Victory Circle Club at Ontario Motor Speedway, California, opened in August 1970.
Vel’s Parnelli Jones Collection, California, 1981.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Featured extensively in Evel Knievel (1971 film), directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and starring George Hamilton.
D. Knight (ed.), Gerald Laing Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2017, p. 159, no. 264, illustrated.
D. Knight (ed.), Gerald Laing Catalogue Raisonné, London, 2017, p. 159, no. 264, illustrated.
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