Lot Essay
‘I never got into dressing as a woman to deceive anyone, so I thought why not embrace it openly? I wanted to say ‘I am Grayson in a dress, deal with it’. –Grayson Perry
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Cuddly Toys Caught on Barbed Wire
Price realised GBP 137,500
Estimate
GBP 60,000 – GBP 80,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Grayson Perry (b. 1960)
Cuddly Toys Caught on Barbed Wire
Price realised GBP 137,500
Price realised GBP 137,500
Details
Grayson Perry (b. 1960)
Cuddly Toys Caught on Barbed Wire
glazed earthenware
21 5/8 x 15 x 15in. (55 x 38 x 38cm.)
Executed in 2001
Cuddly Toys Caught on Barbed Wire
glazed earthenware
21 5/8 x 15 x 15in. (55 x 38 x 38cm.)
Executed in 2001
Provenance
Laurent Delaye Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001.
Exhibited
London, Laurent Delaye Gallery, Self Portrayal, 2001.
London, Saatchi Gallery, New Labour, 2001.
London, Saatchi Gallery, New Labour, 2001.
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.
VAT rate of 20% is payable on hammer price and buyer's premium
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