‘They say youth is wasted on the young but sitting on your ass all day
eating mints and watching telly seems wasted on the elderly.
Here’s a picture of two old dears knitting themselves a sweater.’
Obviously, it can also be seen as a metaphor for how artists also impact the world, not through any kind of violence, but simply by creating artworks that are shared with a wide public. On the flip side, it has also been suggested that the picture represents the gentrification of counter-culture into a tame, mainstream movement suitable even for grannies.
RELEASE HISTORY
DESCRIPTION
Grannies
Editions
Signed Edition: 150
Unsigned Edition: 500
Hand-Finished Edition: 11 signed
AUCTION RESULTS
Updated as of 15 March 2023
1. Grannies (unsigned)
Grannies (unsigned), 2006
Numbered “91/500” in pencil with the publisher’s blindstamp, lower right
Artcurial: 29 November 2022
EUR 23,616
Grannies (unsigned), 2006
Numbered 246/500 in pencil, with the publisher’s blindstamp, lower right
Sotheby’s online: 17 August 2022
Estimated: GBP 15,000 – 20,000
GBP 30,240 / USD 36,288
Grannies (unsigned), 2006
Numbered 62/500 with the publisher’s blindstamp, lower left
Sotheby’s online: 26 April 2022
GBP 27,720 / USD 34,927
GBP 27,750 / USD 37,463
2. Grannies (signed)
3. Grannies (Hand-Finished)
Grannies (hand-finished) made its auction debut at Sotheby’s online on 18 March 2021 for GBP 226,800 (USD 315,252).