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Grayson Perry

May My Ashes Blow Away on the Winds of Change,

Description

Maker

  • Grayson Perry

Title

May My Ashes Blow Away on the Winds of Change

Medium

earthenware, glaze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Earthenware with glaze

Techniques

  • Earthenware with glaze

Dimensions

41.9 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm (16 1/2 x 10 x 10 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed "May my ashes blow away on the winds of change, I love life I love England" around the shoulder of the vase. Also inscribed "Grayson Perry" on the inside of the ceramic element.

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British Art

Object Number

2011.37

About

May My Ashes Blow Away on the Winds of Change

Made in the UK

Contemporary Art from the Richard Brown Baker Collection

Inscribed "May my ashes blow away on the winds of change, I love life I love England" around the shoulder of the vase. Also inscribed "Grayson Perry" on the inside of the ceramic element.

Projects & Publications

Publications

Made in the UK

Contemporary Art from the Richard Brown Baker Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Art and Design from 1900 to Now

June 4, 2022 - September 1, 2026

Made in the UK

September 23, 2011 - January 8, 2012

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is May My Ashes Blow Away on the Winds of Change with the accession number of 2011.37. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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