If I Could Just Go Back And Start Again
If I Could Just Go Back And Start Again
Signed Print
Tracey Emin
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 1000
Year: 2005
Size: H 60cm x W 84cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Sotheby's Online | United Kingdom | |||
| February 2018 | Thomaston Place Auction Galleries | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
This lithograph was created by Tracey Emin in 2005 and forms part of the Nude Self-Portraits collection. Slightly off-centre, Emin’s nude figure appears against a white paper background, printed in black ink. With simple sketchy lines, Emin depicts her own body and - unusually - her face. Emin cuts off the figure’s feet, and her meek pose gives the work a sensitivity and sweetness quite unlike her other self-portraits.
Anyone familiar with Emin’s body of self-portraits will know that the artist rarely depicts her own face, usually opting to leave the space of her head blank or emotively scrawl over it. In the case of If I Could Just Go Back And Start Again however, Emin pays particular attention to her portrait, crafting her demure gaze and smile from a series of lines.
In a 2009 Guardian newspaper article, Emin selected this work as one of her six favourite drawings. Given her frontal pose and an unprecedented focus on her face, this work emerges as one of Emin’s most self-explorational and confrontational.
