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Lot 153
  • 153

Gerald Laing

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gerald Laing
  • Baby Baby Wild Things (Ingram & Halliwell 23-27)
  • Screenprint
  • Overall size: 915 by 610mm; 36 by 24in
The complete album, comprising five screenprints in colours, 1968, each signed, titled, and dated in pencil, numbered 101/200, on wove paper, with title-page, printed and published by the artist, each sheet with his blindstamp, loose in the original pink flocked portfolio with lace flaps and French blue velvet ties

Condition

With full margins, the prints are in good condition apart from an occasional soft handling crease in the margins. The title-page creased at upper left corner, with a single fox mark at upper right, and paper discoloration at the edges. The portfolio shows an occasional surface scuff and mottled discoloration at the edges, one velvet tie is lacking.
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