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Hold Your Beliefs Lightly - Embroidery by Grayson Perry 2011 - MyArtBroker

Hold Your Beliefs Lightly
Embroidery

Grayson Perry

£3,550-£5,500 VALUE (EST.)

$7,000-$10,500 VALUE (EST.)

$6,000-$9,500 VALUE (EST.)

¥30,000-¥50,000 VALUE (EST.)

4,150-6,500 VALUE (EST.)

$35,000-$50,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥650,000-¥1,010,000 VALUE (EST.)

$4,450-$7,000 VALUE (EST.)

-4% AAGR (5YR)

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Embroidery, 2011
Embroidery Edition of 250
H 32cm x W 45cm

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
April 2023Bonhams New Bond Street - United KingdomHold Your Beliefs Lightly - Embroidery
March 2023Bonhams New Bond Street - United KingdomHold Your Beliefs Lightly - Embroidery
November 2022Bonhams New Bond Street - United KingdomHold Your Beliefs Lightly - Embroidery
October 2022Chiswick Auctions - United KingdomHold Your Beliefs Lightly - Embroidery
April 2022Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh - United KingdomHold Your Beliefs Lightly - Embroidery
July 2021Forum Auctions London - United KingdomHold Your Beliefs Lightly - Embroidery
March 2020Sotheby's London - United KingdomHold Your Beliefs Lightly - Embroidery

Meaning & Analysis

The artist displayed this work at an exhibition held in 2020 at the British Museum, entitled ‘Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman’. Like in many of his other works, for Hold Your Beliefs Lightly Perry appealed once again to his world of vibrant and vivid colours and his manifold of symbols, which he weaves together with social issues such as identity, class and consumerism, as exemplified by works like The Vanity Of Small Differences or Map Of Nowhere. For this tapestry, Perry focused on the existential question of religion. In a recent interview, the artist declared: “I am like I kind of holy fool, so I make mad visions of my own personal religion. If people ask me what I believe in I say gravity because anybody can say anything against gravity and I would still trust it … whereas if you say ‘your religion is wrong’, it’s attacking people’s feelings.” Through this statement, the tapestry’s message comes to light as a cheerful invitation to appreciate the diversity of faiths dominant in Britain, demonstrated by the all-encompassing regal figure, whilst also keeping a certain discretion and perhaps humour in discussing religious matters, as exemplified by Perry’s humorous take on his religious beliefs.

The highest value realised for a work by Grayson Perry was in October 2017, when I Want To Be An Artist fetched £632,750 at Christie's, London. The values achieved for Perry's work at auction regularly land in the hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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