The images gathered on this page (except the final two Vanity Fair and Country Life images) were selected for inclusion in the exhibition Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years, originally scheduled to open at York Art Gallery in June 2020.
Matthew R Lewis, Grayson Perry (1988) NPG
Grayson Perry as Claire (1988) Photo Matthew R Lewis
Grayson Perry (1980s)
Grayson Perry, Poems for Sofas Sketchbook (1981-28)
Grayson Perry, Crown of Penii (1982)
Grayson Perry, Kinky Sex (1983)
Grayson Perry, Saint Diana, let them eat shit (1984)
Grayson Perry, Now in Our Green and Pleasant Land (Ye Dear Olde Bugger) (1984)
Grayson Perry, Orange sketchbook (1984-85)
Grayson Perry, Self-portrait cracked and warped (1985)
Grayson Perry, Claire as a soldier (1987)
Grayson Perry, Sales Pitch (1987)
Grayson Perry, The New Beauty Beyond Irony Beyond Cynicism Beyond Perversion and All the Knowledge of Age (1987)
Grayson Perry, Untitled plate (c.1987)
Grayson Perry, A Small Investment in British Perversion (1988)
Grayson Perry, Grotesque Devil Head (1988)
Grayson Perry, Men Have Lost Their Spirits (c.1988) earthenware
Grayson Perry, Men Have Lost Their Spirits (c.1988) inscription
Grayson Perry, Men Have Lost Their Spirits (c.1988) detail
Grayson Perry, Biker Pot (1992)
Grayson Perry, I am the Myth Maker (1989)
Grayson Perry, Skull (1989)
Grayson Perry, Cocktail Party (1989)
Grayson Perry, Map of Essex (1990)
Grayson Perry, Design based on Sketches by a Murderer (1990)
Grayson Perry, Newsreader (1990)
Grayson Perry, Western Art in the Form of a Saki Bottle (1992)
Grayson Perry, Untitled (1992) Earthenware, 32.5 cm
Grayson Perry, Childhood Trauma Manifesting Itself in Later Life (1992)
Grayson Perry, Meaningless Symbols (1993)
Grayson Perry, My Heroes (1994) V&A
Grayson Perry, My Gods (1994) Tate 01
Grayson Perry, My Gods (1994) Tate 02
Grayson Perry, My Gods (1994) Tate 03
Grayson Perry, My Gods (1994) Tate 04
Grayson Perry, Artefact for people who have no identity (1994)
Princess Diana wearing a diamond tiara - Vanity Fair promo (February 1993) V&A
