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GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

Lot 506
09.03.2024 13:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1164336
Lot 506 | GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)

The Upper Class at Bay (From the Vanity of Small Differences)

wool, cotton, acrylic, polyester and silk tapestry

78 ¾ x 157 ½in. (200 x 400cm.)

Executed in 2012, this work is number six from an edition of six plus two artist's proofs





Provenance

Victoria Miro, London.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.



Literature

C. Higgins, 'Grayson Perry gives The Vanity of Small Differences to the nation', in The Guardian, 30 November 2012 (another from the edition illustrated).

J. Klein, Grayson Perry, London 2013 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 279).

G. Perry, The Vanity of Small Differences, London 2013, p. 119 (preparatory sketches illustrated in colour, p. 63; illustrated in colour, p. 75; detail illustrated in colour, pp. 92-97; installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 114 and 116).

British Council, The Vanity of Small Differences, Grayson Perry, London 2015, pp. 25 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 19 and the inside back cover).



Exhibited

London, Victoria Miro, Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences, 2012 (another from the edition exhibited).

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 2013 (another from the edition exhibited).

Sunderland, Sunderland Museum, Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences, 2013-2017 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery; Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery; Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery; Leeds, Temple Newsam House; Istanbul, Pera Museum; Ankara, Cer Modern; Bath, Victoria Art Gallery; Coventry, The Herbert Museum and Art Gallery; Worcester, Croome Park; Canterbury, Beaney House of Art and Knowledge; Kyiv, Izolyatsia Platform for Cultural Initiatives; Novi Sad, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina; Pristina, National Gallery; Sarajevo, Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Banja Luka, Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic of Srpska and Tirana, National Gallery.

Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Grayson Perry: My Pretty Little Art Career, 2015-2016, no. 4e (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 186; detail illustrated in colour, p. 187 and 239; installation views illustrated in colour, p. 189).

Maastricht, Bonnefanten, Grayson Perry - Hold your beliefs lightly, 2016. This exhibition later travelled to Aarhus, ARoS Kunstmuseum (another from the edition exhibited).

Helsinki, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Grayson Perry: Vanité, Identité, Sexualité, 2018-2019 p. 195 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, pp. 176-177). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, La Monnaie de Paris.

Newlyn, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences, 2020-2021 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Kilmarnock, Dick Institute; Norwich, East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts; Rochdale, Touchstones; Hereford, Hereford Museum and Gallery and Sunderland, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

Oslo, The National Museum, Grayson Perry: Fitting In and Standing Out, 2022-2023 (another from the edition exhibited).

Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Grayson Perry, Smash Hits, 2023, p. 54, no. 13 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, p. 55).

Rotherham, Wentworth Woodhouse, The Vanity of Small Differences, 2023-2024 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Lincolnshire, Lincoln Museum and Woking, The Lightbox.



Further Details

Another from the edition is in the British Council Collection.
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