Grayson Perry

Life is Terrible in its Glory

1985
glazed earthenware
35.3 x 22.8 x 22.4 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 ♠

Sold for £7,500

Contact Specialist
Tamila Kerimova
Head of Sale
tkerimova@phillips.com
+ 44 20 7318 4065

Under the Influence

London Auction 8 April 2014 2pm

1
Parker Ito
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £27,500
2
Lucien Smith
The Lady Eve
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £35,000
3
Mark Flood
Sand Castle
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
4
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £43,750
5
Dan Rees
Artex Painting
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £56,250
6
Oscar Murillo
Untitled
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £41,250
7
Mark Flood
Another Painting (Leaves)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
8
Sam Falls
Roll Fades
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,875
9
Dash Snow
Delinquent Bitch
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £12,500
10
Josh Smith
Untitled (JS06198)
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £6,875
11
Markus Amm
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
12
Gedi Sibony
The Beginning is Near
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £5,000
13
Josh Smith
Untitled (JSØ75Ø1)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £16,250
14
Dash Snow
Pussy Face
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,750
15
Roni Horn
Untitled (To Nest) #5
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
16
Erwin Wurm
Thinking About Montaigne and Thinking About Kant (diptych)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
17
Antony Gormley
MEME XVIII
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
18
Joana Vasconcelos
Arú
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
19
Joana Vasconcelos
Cromwell
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
20
Markus Amm
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
21
Callum Innes
Painting Paynes Grey/Red Oxide on White
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
22
Banksy
London, New York, Bristol (Heavy Weaponry)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £50,000
23
Nick Mauss
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
24
Victor Man
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
25
Aaron Young
Greeting Card 4b (4b4D, 4b3D, 4b2D, 4b1D)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
26
Jeppe Hein
Please...
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £20,000
27
Vik Muniz
Otahi, after Paul Gauguin (from Pictures of Pigment)
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
28
Vik Muniz
After Yves Klein (from Pictures of Colour)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £17,500
29
Vik Muniz
Untitled Film Still #7, after Cindy Sherman (from Pictures of Paper)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £21,250
30
Vik Muniz
Jackie (from Pictures of Chocolate)
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000
Sold for £47,500
31
Erwin Wurm
Deleuze Kneeling Down
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
32
Barry McGee
Untitled (Robots AMAZE)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £32,500
33
This lot is no longer available.
34
This lot is no longer available.
35
This lot is no longer available.
36
Tauba Auerbach
Plate Distortion I; II; and III
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,125
37
Maria Lassnig
Augenwiede
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
38
William Kentridge
Untitled
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
39
Yayoi Kusama
Primrose
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £18,750
40
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Let brotherly love continue)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £10,000
41
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Your Latency)
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £5,625
42
Raymond Pettibon
Untitled (Reagan Slept Here)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
43
Olafur Eliasson
Yellow Light: Iceland Series
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
44
Martin Kippenberger
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,250
45
Daniel Spoerri
Br3 Flüssig feucht (Liquid moisture); from the Trompe l'oeil series
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
46
Alighiero Boetti
Il silenzio è d’oro
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £28,750
47
Juan Uslé
Roteros
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £10,000
48
Philippe Decrauzat
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
49
Sylvie Fleury
Color Lab - Free study with Aura Soma 1
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡
50
Liam Gillick
Relieved Production Cycle
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £22,500
51
Julian Opie
Male nude lounging arms on knee
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £25,000
52
Antony Micallef
Persephone Reborn
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠†
Sold for £9,375
53
Paul McCarthy
Brancusi Tree (Silver)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £2,250
54
Gedi Sibony
A fact of internal property neither in place nor out of place
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £3,750
55
Gabriel Orozco
Mosquitero
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
56
John Bauer
Untitled #0904
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
57
Sean Scully
Untitled, Mexico (530)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
58
Ryan McGinley
Marieke (Fall Foliage)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £21,250
59
Diana Thater
Perfect Devotion One
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
60
Andy Warhol
Skulls
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £21,250
61
Marc Quinn
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
62
Keith Tyson
Two works: Studio Wall Drawings (i) Drawing for Artmachine Iteration 'Lazy Lung Investigates the 16th Century', 1999; (ii) A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Steiner School, 2002
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
63
Dash Snow
Untitled (Dear Mom)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £15,000
64
Mark Wallinger
Credo l
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
65
Robert Longo
Gun Study D-334
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £6,875
66
Cecily Brown
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 ♠
67
George Condo
Carboncino
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £10,000
68
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £40,000
69
Lucio Fontana
Study
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
Sold for £2,500
70
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Frattali
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
71
Angela de la Cruz
Minimum XIX
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
72
Matteo Negri
Black Lego Map
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
73
Marcello Lo Giudice
Red/Rosso
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
74
Marcello Lo Giudice
Totem Rosso
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £17,500
75
Franz West
Floor Lamp
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,000
76
Franz West
Floor Lamp
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £6,875
77
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
Cake Stool
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £13,750
78
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
Pair of Harumaki Chairs
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £17,500
79No Reserve
Richard Wathen
Rose
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •†♠
80No Reserve
Rezi van Lankveld
The Egg
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 •†♠
Sold for £1,375
81No Reserve
Phillip Allen
Two works: (i) Ponomanko, 2005; (ii) Ardent Variations, 2004
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •†♠
Sold for £4,000
82No Reserve
Chantal Joffe
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £4,000
83No Reserve
Shara Hughes
Two Works: (i) It's My Pot of Gold, 2007; (ii) Fountain, 2008
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •†
Sold for £5,250
84No Reserve
Shara Hughes
Rainbow Chair
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†
Sold for £500
85No Reserve
Yoshitaka Echizenya
Tree and House
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†
86No Reserve
Noriko Furunishi
Untitled (Tecopa G)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •†
87No Reserve
Naoto Kawahara
Addormire
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†
Sold for £5,250
88No Reserve
Kati Heck
Mundstück
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •♠
Sold for £938
89No Reserve
Martin Maloney
Actress/Model # 4 "Melanie K."
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •♠
Sold for £2,750
90No Reserve
Anne Ryan
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
91No Reserve
Anne Ryan
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
92No Reserve
Christoph Schellberg
Dino Zevi
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £2,750
93No Reserve
Christoph Schellberg
Anne-Laure Zevi
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £1,875
94No Reserve
Ken Lum
Jim and Susan's Motel
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £6,250
95No Reserve
Ken Lum
There is no place like home
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £2,750
96No Reserve
Jeremy Deller
Untitled
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •♠
Sold for £2,000
97No Reserve
Vanessa Beecroft
VB35 performance
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500 •♠
Sold for £3,250
98No Reserve
Chantal Joffe
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £3,750
99No Reserve
David Claerbout
Oslo Meeuw
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £813
100
This lot is no longer available.
101No Reserve
Clare Richardson
Five works: Untitled (II, III, IV from Harlemville), 2000; Untitled (II & VII from SYLVAN), 2002
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 •†♠
102No Reserve
Linda McCartney
Paul, Stella and James, Scotland
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •†
103No Reserve
David Robbins
Talent
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £7,500
104No Reserve
Pierre Molinier
Three works: (i) Feminin Pluriel est Triste, 1967; (ii) Autoportrait, 1967; (iii) Autoportrait avec Godemiche, 1966
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†♠
Sold for £7,500
105No Reserve
Luo Brothers
Welcome to the World Famous Brand
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 •
Sold for £2,000
106No Reserve
Han Yajuan
It Starts Here
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 •
Sold for £5,750
107No Reserve
Jeanne Dunning
Sample 10
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £1,250
108No Reserve
Jeanne Dunning
Still Life with Turnips
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
109No Reserve
Luis Gispert and Jeffrey Reed
Big Chappel
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •♠
Sold for £563
110No Reserve
Terence Koh
Lion's Tears
Estimate £2,000 - 5,000 •
Sold for £1,375
111
This lot is no longer available.
112No Reserve
Patrick van Caeckenbergh
Untitled (Study with Angels) in 3 parts
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†♠
Sold for £5,000
113No Reserve
Michael St. John
Untitled (Yugen)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†
Sold for £6,250
114No Reserve
Friederike Von Rauch
Bussels 6
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
115No Reserve
Friederike Von Rauch
Brussels 2
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
116No Reserve
Stephen Vitiello
Frogs in Feedback
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†
Sold for £2,000
117No Reserve
Michael Brown
The Beatles, Neil Young
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £375
118No Reserve
Michael Brown
Relic (Lawn Chair / Hurricane Katrina)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 •
Sold for £313
119No Reserve
Izumi Kon
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†
120No Reserve
Suchan Kinoshita
Two works: (i) Singles, 1996; (ii) Egg Timer Sculpture, 2000-02
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†
121No Reserve
Jason Dodge
Shooting Station
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 •†
Sold for £2,125
122No Reserve
Tony Tasset
Domestic Abstraction
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •
Sold for £8,125
123No Reserve
Thoralf Knobloch
Basket, 2
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •†♠
Sold for £2,125
124No Reserve
Paul Pfeiffer
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (13)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •†
Sold for £4,750
125No Reserve
Christian Boltanski
The School of Grosse Hamburgerstrasse, Berlin, 1939
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 •♠
Sold for £4,375
126No Reserve
Frank Nitsche
Untitled
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000 •♠
Sold for £500
127
Vera Lutter
Kvaerner Shipyard, Rostock IX: December 5
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £32,500
128
Nan Goldin
Self portrait in the Lodge, Belmont MA
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £1,875
129
Nan Goldin
Self-portrait in pyjamas, Priory Hospital London
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
130
Sam Taylor-Johnson
XV Seconds (after Scorsese)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
131
Anthony Goicolea
Feastlings
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
132
Roksana Ciurysek-Gedir
Grid
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £8,750
133
David LaChapelle
Uma Thurman 'Gossip'
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,750
134
Thomas Struth
Mais-Acker Nach der ernte n°34, Winterthur
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £11,875
135
Elger Esser
En Naquora I, Libanon
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £23,750
136
Darren Almond
Fullmoon@Arondine
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
137
Thomas Struth
Two works: Plant N°16, Small Sunflower with black kernel, Winterthur; Plant N°18, Kleine Geschlossenen Sonnenblume, Winterthur
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
138
Gregory Crewdson
Interlude
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £2,500
139
Wim Wenders
Jerusalem Seen from the Mount of Olives
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,000
140
Stan Douglas
Malecón
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
141
Martin Parr
West Bay (seagulls eating chips)
Estimate £1,200 - 1,800 ♠
Sold for £1,375
142
Ian Wallace
6th Street LA
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £10,625
143
Nobuyoshi Araki
Three works: Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
144
Thomas Ruff
Nudes nu07
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
145
Santiago Sierra
Hiring and arrangement of 30 workers in relation to their skin colour
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,750
146
Santiago Sierra
Person Paid to have 30 cm line tattooed on them
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
147
Shepard Fairey
Constructivist Banner
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £8,750
148
Shepard Fairey
Commanda
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,875
149
Caledonia Curry / Swoon
Myrtle Avenue
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
150
Shepard Fairey
These Parties Disgust Me
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
151
Billy Childish
Despair
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £15,000
152
James Cauty
Bomber Bunny 3
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
153
Duncan Marquiss
Me and You
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
154
Dawn Mellor
Dusty Springfield
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500 ♠
155
Kate Brinkworth
MGM Grand
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠†
156
Whitney Bedford
Collision
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
157
Ian Francis
A Girl Tries To Be More Like Her Friends
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
158
Cope 2 (Fernando Carlo)
Royalty
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £3,750
159
Miranda Donovan
Never Stop
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
160
Kostya Totibadze
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
161
Konstantin Zvezdochetov
Greater Romania (and all I know about it)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £16,250
162
Dasha Shishkin
Gorgeous people and their hot bodies
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £6,000
163
Dima Rebus
Albione
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,250
164
Vinny Reunov
Made in Ukraine
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
165
Nazar Bilyk
Appearance
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
166
Roman Minin
Prize for Silence
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,125
167
Joseph Klibansky
Elements of Life (part of the Elements Series)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
168
Yang Maoyuan
Romano
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
169
Rashid Johnson
I Love Music
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £3,500
170
Grayson Perry
Life is Terrible in its Glory
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £7,500
171
Sean Henry
Mass Man
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
172
Jonathan Monk
Complete Incomplete Open Cube (with inside resting on outside forever)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
173
Yan Lei
Colour Wheels - GZ - 2
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £30,000
174
Zheng Delong
Cheng Du in China
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
175
Han Yajuan
Twins
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
176
Candice Breitz
Enjoy the Silence
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
177
Suhasini Kejriwal
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
178
Roe Ethridge
Marina
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
179
Jonathan Lasker
The Power of Weakness
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
180
Darren Almond
Vertical Plot 11
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
Sold for £5,250
181
Thomas Hirschhorn
14 LINEN
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
182
Marcel Dzama
Untitled (4 Works)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,250
183
Gelitin
Untitled (Grand Marquis)
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 ♠
184
Jakub Julian Ziółkowski
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
185
Tony Oursler
Groft
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
186
Ernesto Caivano
Solitary Philipore in Shadows II
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
187
Tal R
Noam
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
188
Jiri Kolar
Ampoule
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
189
John Carter
One Hundred and Thirty-Eight Abstract Paintings, Three Modern Sculptures, Nine Portraits and Three Sets of Perspective
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
190
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £3,750
191
Philippe Pastor
Untitled (4 Seasons)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £47,500
192
Stephen G. Rhodes
Uncounted Etc (Untitled)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £2,500
193
Reena Spaulings
Money Painting (Dollar)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
194
Ayse Wilson
Pink Bather
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡
Sold for £3,250
195
Charles Lutz
Self Portrait
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
196
Richard Hambleton
Dangerous
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £7,500
197
Melissa Gordon
Character Development
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £6,875
198
Sage Vaughn
Cardinal
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000
Sold for £2,000
199
Cosima von Bonin
Nothing #3
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £42,500
200
Jonathan Meese
Die Eisau (Pfropffratze Ahoi)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
201
Frank Nitsche
HOC-12-2005
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,250
202
Anton Henning
Portrait No. 206
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ♠
Sold for £6,250
203
Jonathan Meese
Dein Schnäuzchen
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £4,750
204
Helmut Middendorf
Aldi
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
205
Torben Giehler
Ridge Racer
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,000
206
Peter Schuyff
Untitled
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
207
Norbert Schwontkowski
Frische Wäsche
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500

Under the Influence

London Auction 8 April 2014 2pm

Provenance

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Grayson Perry

Life is Terrible in its Glory

Under the Influence