Britain is Best

Name: Grayson Perry (b. 1960)
Brand: Britain is Best
Price: 32000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 40,000

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Grayson Perry (b. 1960)

Britain is Best

Price Realised GBP 40,000

Grayson Perry (b. 1960)
Britain is Best

embroidery, glass beads and sequins on linen, in artist's frame
embroidery: 46½ x 38¾in. (118.1 x 98.4cm.)
overall: 49½ x 42½in. (125.7 x 108cm.)
Executed in 2014, this work is number four from an edition of twenty

Galerie Maximillian, Aspen.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2016.

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.
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Lot Essay

'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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This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

This lot has been imported from outside the EU for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on the invoice. Please see Conditions of Sale for further information.

Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot. You must pay us an extra amount equal to the resale royalty and we will pay the royalty to the appropriate authority. Please see the Conditions of Sale for further information.