Description GERALD LAING (British 1936-2011) A PRINT, "Anna Karina," 1963-2004,? screenprint on paper, signed and dated in margin in pencil L/R, titled and numbered L/L 31/100,?inscribed lower center, "To David, because you were there." 37" x 22 1/4"? Note: Based on a painting Laing completed in 1963, while at school at St. Martins with David Brauer. The original painting?was based on a newspaper photograph of the?bust of French film star Anna Karina in?her leading role of a film entitled?Vivre sa Vi (1962)?and was?installed in nine panels, stretching 12 feet tall.? Provenance: Exhibited in “AN ART HISTORIAN COLLECTS: The David E. Brauer Collection” at the Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, February 7 – November 29, 2020; Estate of David E. Brauer, Houston, Texas.
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