The Room Is Closed
The Room Is Closed
Signed Print
Tracey Emin
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Medium: Etching
Edition size: 200
Year: 2013
Size: H 37cm x W 38cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2024 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| May 2024 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2023 | Chiswick Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2023 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| March 2023 | Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers | United Kingdom | |||
| January 2023 | Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
This Room Is Closed is a signed etching by Tracey Emin, executed in 2013 and released in an edition of 200. At the centre of the composition is what appears to be two female figures sat at a table, as though denying entry to this closed room. Underneath the centrally-placed illustration are the words from which the etching takes its title. Beneath the print is Emin’s signature and the edition number of the print in the bottom right, as is typical of Emin’s prints.
Moody and angsty, The Room Is Closed is a witty print about having your access denied. The snarky look on the two female figures sat at the table gives the print its sulky overtone. With their elbows haphazardly etched onto the table, and the figure on the right’s downturned mouth, the work makes a mockery of these two unfriendly figures. Like the majority of Emin’s oeuvre, the work is likely based on an experience Emin has had in her life, making these subjects all the more pitiable.
Tracey Emin, born in 1963, stands as a fearless provocateur in the contemporary art scene. A trailblazer of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement in the late 1980s, the artist has sparked conversation and controversy for decades. Confronting themes of love, trauma and femininity with great vulnerability, Emin's work is a visceral tapestry of her life and has forged an intimate dialogue between artist and audience. In 1999, this raw approach to storytelling won her a nomination to the Turner Prize and, in 2007, it got her a coveted spot as a Royal Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA).