
The Adoration of the Cage Fighters (from The Vanity of Small Differences)
Auction Closed
March 7, 03:05 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Grayson Perry
b. 1960
The Adoration of the Cage Fighters (from The Vanity of Small Difference)
wool, cotton, acrylic, polyester and silk tapestry
198.5 by 408.5 cm. 78⅛ by 160⅞ in.
Executed in 2012, this work is from an edition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofs.
Victoria Miro, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner
London, Victoria Miro, Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences, June - August 2012 (another example exhibited)
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, June - August 2013 (another example exhibited)
Sunderland, Sunderland Museum; Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery; Birmingham, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (and travelling), Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences, August 2013 - December 2017 (another example exhibited)
Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Grayson Perry: My Pretty Little Art Career, December 2015 - May 2016, pp. 4, 238, illustrated in colour (detail); p. 182, illustrated in colour; p. 188, illustrated in colour (installation view from: London, Victoria Miro, Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences, 2012) (another example exhibited)
Maastricht, Bonnefanten; and Aarhus, ARoS Kunstmuseum, Grayson Perry - Hold Your Beliefs Lightly, February - August 2016 (another example exhibited)
Newlyn, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange; Norwich, East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts; Rochdale, Touchstones (and travelling), Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences, October 2020 - May 2022 (another example exhibited)
Rotherham, Wentworth Woodhouse; Lincolnshire, Lincoln Museum; and Woking, The Lightbox, Arts Council Collection: Grayson Perry, The Vanity of Small Differences, June 2023 - June 2024 (another example exhibited)
Jacky Klein, Grayson Perry, London 2009, p. 277, illustration of another example; illustration of another example on the cover (detail)
Grayson Perry, The Vanity of Small Differences, London 2013, pp. 66-67, illustration of another example
British Council, The Vanity of Small Differences, Grayson Perry, London 2015, p. 19, illustration of another example