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*JEREMY DELLER (b.1966) REJECTED TUBE MAP COVER ILLUSTRATION, 2007 Offset lithograph, 59 x 83cm, framed and glazed In 2007, London Underground approached Jeremy Deller with a commission to design a new cover for the Tube map. It was, with hindsight, a foolish thing to do. Deller is a militant cyclist: the image he produced for LU reshaped the familiar coloured plan of Harry Beck's map – Central Line red, District green, Circle yellow – into a bicycle. Sensing subversion, the company turned Deller's design down. Deller said 'Transport for London (TFL) asked me to design a cover for the Tube map, which I eventually did. The first idea, though, was to depict a bicycle symbol in the colours of the map. The word came back that it was a confusing message and unsuitable as you can’t take your bike on certain lines, which was kind of the point in the first place'. It was shown at Hayward Gallery London in 2012, as part of the Jeremy Deller Joy in People Exhibition, ‘My Failures’ section. Provenance: Given to the vendor at the London Frieze Art Fair preview night in 2007. *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.