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Grayson Perry
Chris Whitty's Cat Limited Edition silver Pendant (Necklace)

2021

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Grayson Perry Chris Whitty's Cat, 2021 Solid sterling silver with oxidized finish and a 28" oxidized chain. Hallmarked and gift boxed with a hand numbered edition card 1 9/20 × 1 3/5 in 3.7 × 4.1 cm Edition of 100, with hand numbered card (the original edition was contemplated at 500, but only 100 ended up being made) Artist's incised signature; Hallmarked and gift boxed with a hand numbered edition card. Limited edition Chris Whitty's Cat pendant by Grayson Perry The pendant is an exact replica of a larger piece the artist made, and it is cast in solid sterling silver with a 28" silver chain, with an oxidised finish. Hallmarked and gift boxed with a hand numbered edition card. Chain length: 28’’ Pendant width: 39mm Weight: 64g During lockdown, Grayson Perry, one of Britain's foremost artists, brought the nation together through art, helping them to unleash their creativity as part of his Channel 4 TV series made by Swan Films. Every week Grayson Perry hosted the show from his own studio, taking the country with him as he created his own new art works. Grayson and his wife Philippa talked to other famous artists and creatives about how they were spending their time in isolation and invited them to make their own works in response to this unprecedented crisis. Each week a different theme - portraits, animals, fantasy, view from my window, home, Britain - was explored. ‘When lockdown first started back in March my wife Philippa and I went for a walk around the deserted City of London one evening. We came back through Gough Square where Samuel Johnson’s house is and a sculpture of his cat Hodge. When I saw this small life-sized memorial to a pet I was inspired. I was thinking of London and its myths, like Dick Whittington whose cat has its own statue on Highgate Hill. Chris Whitty is the Chief Medical officer for England and Chief Advisor to the government during the crisis. He has become the face of the Covid pandemic...I was looking through sculptures of cats and one that really caught my eye was an Islamic incense burner. I just loved the elegant shape of it and I wondered how I might use that shape to make a kind of quiet, little domestic scale monument to the crisis we are living through. This plague cat is covered in pustules and boils made decorative.’ More about Sir Grayson Perry erry studied at Braintree College of Further Education from 1978 to 1979 and graduated from Portsmouth Polytechnic in 1982. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003. Perry was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to contemporary art. In 2023 he was awarded a Knighthood (Knight Bachelor) for services to the Arts in the King’s New Year Honours. He works in a variety of mediums but is best known as a ceramicist. There is a dissonance between the conventional forms of his vessels and the depictions that adorn them. He uses imagery and text to chronicle social concerns, his own formative experiences and to tell the story of his alter ego, Claire. The tone of his narratives is psychologically complex and often caustic. Although he uses traditional methods to make his pots, he employs a range of techniques, such as embossing and photographic transfers, to create intricate, animated surfaces.
  • Creator:
    Grayson Perry (1960, British)
  • Creation Year:
    2021
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)Width: 1.6 in (4.07 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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  • Condition:
    New (original) condition; Hallmarked and gift boxed with a hand numbered edition card.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1745213481272
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