ID 829038
Lot 49 | GRAYSON PERRY (B. 1960)
Estimate value
£ 90 000 – 120 000
The Adoration of the Cage Fighters (from The Vanity of Small Differences)
wool, cotton, acrylic, polyester and silk tapestry
78 3/4 x 157 1/2in. (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
J. Klein, Grayson Perry, London 2009, p. 276 (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour on the front cover; illustrated in colour, p. 277).
C. Higgins, 'Grayson Perry gives The Vanity of Small Differences to the nation' in The Guardian, 30 November 2012.
G. Perry, The Vanity of Small Differences, London 2013, p. 66 (illustrated in colour, p. 67).
British Council, The Vanity of Small Differences, Grayson Perry, London 2015, pp. 21 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 15).
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, Herbert Art Gallery; Worcester, Croome; Canterbury, The Beaney; 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, pp. 182 and 238 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 182; detail illustrated in colour, pp. 4 and 238; installation view at Victoria Miro illustrated in colour, p. 188).
Maastricht, Bonnefanten, Grayson Perry - Hold your beliefs lightly, 2016. This exhibition later travelled to Aarhus, ARoS Kunstmuseum.
Newlyn, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences, 2020-2022 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Norwich, East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts; Rochdale, Touchstones; Hereford, Hereford Museum and Gallery; Kilmarnock, Dick Institute and Sunderland, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Post Lot Text
Another work from the edition is in the permanent collection of the Arts Council Collection, London.
Artist: | Grayson Perry (1960) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Grayson Perry (1960) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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