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Tonight We Make History (small) - Signed Print by Harland Miller 2018 - MyArtBroker

Tonight We Make History (small)
Signed Print

Harland Miller

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104 x 73cm, Edition of 50, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 50

Year: 2018

Size: H 104cm x W 73cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: May 2024

Value Trend:

-11% AAGR

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
May 2024
Tate Ward Auctions
United Kingdom
$16,000
$19,000
$24,000
December 2023
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
December 2023
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
November 2023
Bonhams Online
United Kingdom
November 2023
Bonhams Online
United Kingdom
September 2023
Phillips London
United Kingdom
December 2020
Tate Ward Auctions
United Kingdom
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The value of Harland Miller's Tonight We Make History (small) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £9,000 and £13,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth and has an auction history of five total sales since its entry to the market in April 2019. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £15,000 in May 2024 to £19,000 in September 2023. The average annual growth rate of this work is -11%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 50.

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Meaning & Analysis

Artist and author Harland Miller’s practice focuses on the complex relationship between language and image in his multimedia works, sculptures and paintings. He draws inspiration from Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha and Anselm Kiefer. With a lifelong fascination with literature and having initially become famous as an author, Miller has integrated literature and the written word into his visual practice as well, interested in seminal authors like Ernest Hemingway and Edgar Allan Poe.

In his iconic Penguin series, he appropriates the well-known design of Penguin book covers and inserts his own fictitious titles described as “wittily deadpan, punkish and aphoristic” by novelist Michael Bracewell. Examples are The Me I Never Knew or Death What's In It For Me?. Mark Rothko’s Colour Paintings are a huge influence for this series in their use of colour to influence their viewer’s emotions and engagement with the work – Miller chooses the background colours for individual works from this series on a similar basis, exploring the psychological associations of various palettes. Tonight We Make History is an example of Miller’s tongue-in-cheek sense of humour and his experimentation with etching as medium.The title can be seen against a bright yellow background, which gives the work a cheerful, light-hearted air.

  • British artist, Harland Miller, is renowned for his irreverent reimagining of vintage Penguin book jackets. Playing with nostalgia, cultural, and literary references, the artist combines Pop Art motifs with the brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionism. Miller's paintings and prints are often imbued with dark humour, with works such as You Can Rely On Me I'll Always Let You Down being characterised by an undercurrent of satire and self-depreciation. Exploring the relationship between word and image has undoubtedly allowed Miller's art to comment on the frequent disconnect between representation and reality, and influence artists such as The Connor Brothers in their practice.

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