Online Auction 21497Contemporary Edition: London
GRAYSON PERRY (b. 1960)
Lot 393

GRAYSON PERRY (b. 1960)

Britain is Best

Closed14 March 2023

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GBP 50,000–70,000

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GRAYSON PERRY (b. 1960)
Britain is Best
embroidery, glass beads and sequins on linen, 2014, signed and numbered 6/20 in pencil on the accompanying certificate of authenticity, published by Paragon Press, London, in a bespoke frame designed by the artist
Tapestry 1185 x 985 mm.
Frame 1275 x 1072 mm.

Specialist note

'These are five loyalists from East Belfast. Four of them participated in a march I witnessed commemorating the centenary of the founding of the Ulster Volunteer Force and I was fascinated by how exotic it felt. Ironically, being fervently patriotic is not a particularly British trait. Their portrait is in the form of an embroidered banner that might be carried aloft on a march. I deliberately chose a very colourful and jolly style as the murals that are everywhere in East Belfast veer heavily towards the dour and aggressive.'
Grayson Perry

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