Imagine You Are Driving
Signed Print

Name: Imagine You Are Driving
Brand: Julian Opie
Rating: 5 (231 reviews)

Julian Opie

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 40

Year: 1998

Size: H 61cm x W 86cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Julian Opie's Imagine You Are Driving (signed) is estimated to be worth between £1,700 and £2,550. This screenprint, created in 1998, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. This work has an auction history of four total sales since its entry to the market in October 2012. In the past 12 months, the average selling price was £1,800, across one total sale. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £1,008 in March 2022 to £2,187 in March 2021, with an average annual return to the seller of £1,415. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 40.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location
January 2024	Phillips London	United Kingdom
March 2022	Sotheby's Online	United Kingdom
March 2021	Bonhams Los Angeles	United States
October 2012	Whyte's	Ireland

Meaning & Analysis

Imagine You Are Driving is a screen print, released in edition of 40 in 1991, executed by British artist Julian Opie. Imagine You Are Driving depicts a road from the perspective of driving a car. Executed in Opie’s distinctive, minimalist and graphic style, this screen print is aesthetically cartoon-like.

Opie fuses numerous disparate sources of inspiration together in his work, from both ‘high’ and ‘low’ artistic influences, such as Japanese manga and woodblock printing, Egyptian hieroglyphics and Pop Art.

Aiming to interrogate how images are perceived and understood, Opie reduces images to their most essential elements, whether it be a figurative artwork or a landscape. Opie’s style has become more painterly in recent years, with shadows and highlights visible. Yet, in Imagine You Are Driving, such qualities are not present as Opie uses solid planes of colour and minimal detail in his composition.

Julian Opie, born in 1958, dances through the contemporary art scene with a distinctive digital allure. A trailblazer of the 1980s New British Sculpture movement, Opie's work is a highly stylised blend of Pop Art and minimalism which navigates the intersection of technology and visual expression. From his early experiments with computer-generated art to his iconic portraits and animated installations, Opie's work exudes a captivating simplicity. His signature style, marked by bold lines and reduced forms, is internationally recognisable and has made him a key player in British contemporary art.

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