Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction
Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction
Grayson Perry, R.A.
Julie Tile For the Exterior Cladding of A House for Essex
Auction Closed
November 22, 01:24 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Grayson Perry, R.A.
b. 1960
Julie Tile For the Exterior Cladding of A House for Essex
titled (lower centre); numbered 1/9 (on the reverse)
terracotta with green glaze
overall: 62.5 by 45cm.; 24½ by 17¾in.
Executed in 2014.
Gifted by the Artist to the present owner
Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian, 'For Grayson Perry's Essex house, the only way as "bonkers as possible"', 15 May 2015, illustrated (another cast)
This tile is one of hundreds made for the exterior of A House for Essex, a holiday home near the village of Wrabness designed by the artist Grayson Perry in collaboration with FAT Architecture. The house is dedicated to Julie, a fictional Essex every-woman, and it tells her life story through decoration and integrated artworks.
Another tile from the same edition is in the V&A Collection, London.
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