Tracey X Tracey
Tracey X Tracey
Signed Print
Tracey Emin
£1,750-£2,600Value Indicator
$3,650-$5,500 Value Indicator
$3,200-$4,750 Value Indicator
¥17,000-¥25,000 Value Indicator
€2,050-€3,000 Value Indicator
$18,000-$27,000 Value Indicator
¥330,000-¥490,000 Value Indicator
$2,300-$3,450 Value Indicator
AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.
There aren't enough data points on this work for a comprehensive result. Please speak to a specialist by making an enquiry.
Medium: Etching
Edition size: 200
Year: 2005
Size: H 30cm x W 42cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
TradingFloor
Track this artwork in realtime
Watch artwork, manage valuations, track your portfolio and return against your collection
Track auction value trend
Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2023 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| July 2023 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| July 2023 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| June 2023 | Dorotheum, Vienna | Austria | |||
| June 2023 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| March 2023 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
This surreal and intensely personal etching was created by Tracey Emin in 2005. At the centre of a white paper background two figures - a girl and a woman - are printed in blue ink, sitting on wooden chairs. The two sketchily rendered figures are joined by a singular line of red ink, which knots together above their heads. Underneath this central composition are the title of the work, Emin’s signature, and the number of the edition, all written by Emin herself
Since her rise to fame in the 1990s, Emin has been labelled the “enfant terrible” of the Young British Artists. Emin has been called this by critics and collectors ever since, partly because of her controversial practice, and partly because of the preservation of youthful wonder in her work. Tracey X Tracey is an instance in which we truly see the artist as this “enfant terrible”.
Sitting on two wooden chairs rendered in blue ink are a young girl and a woman. The title of the work itself makes clear the identities of these two sitters: on the left is an imagined self-portrait of Emin during girlhood, and on the right another self-portrait of Emin in adulthood. Joined together by a coiled line of red ink, Emin makes clear the blood bond between the child and adult. Through this lifeline that unites the two Traceys, Emin pronounces the indelible ties between one’s childhood experiences and adulthood. Much like her entire body of work, Tracey X Tracey is testament to Emin’s lifelong existence as an artist, constantly referring to past and present selves to make her confessional and poignant work.
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).
