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Sara Dancing In A Sparkly Top Signed Print

Sara Dancing In A Sparkly Top

Julian Opie

Sara Dancing In A Sparkly Top
Signed Print

Name: Sara Dancing In A Sparkly Top
Brand: Julian Opie
Rating: 5 (231 reviews)

Julian Opie

£9,500-£14,500

$18,000-$28,000 Value Indicator

$17,000-$26,000 Value Indicator

¥90,000-¥130,000 Value Indicator

€11,500-€17,000 Value Indicator

$100,000-$150,000 Value Indicator

¥1,860,000-¥2,840,000 Value Indicator

$12,500-$19,000 Value Indicator

-6% AAGR

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Medium: Digital Print

Edition size: 45

Year: 2008

Size: H 99cm x W 49cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Julian Opie's Sara Dancing In A Sparkly Top (signed) is estimated to be worth between £9,500 and £14,500. This digital print artwork, created in 2008, has shown consistent value growth, with an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market in March 2011. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £15,947 in April 2020 to £17,000 in November 2022. The average annual growth rate of this work is currently -6%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 45.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location
November 2022	Bonhams New Bond Street	United Kingdom
April 2020	Sotheby's New York	United States
March 2011	Christie's London	United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Sara Dancing In A Sparkly Top is a digital print by the British artist Julian Opie, released in 2008 in an edition of 45. In this monochromatic work the subject, Sara, is visibly swaying owing to the highly blurred contours of her figure.

Opie draws on graphics from contemporary life, including computer graphics to road signs. Opie’s resulting signature style is a stripped-down vocabulary of schematic lines and blocks of colour. However, Sara Dancing In A Sparkly Top is monochrome, emphasising the simplified elements of his composition. Often using inkjet printing techniques to form multiples of his artworks, Opie revels in the materiality of these hypermodern mediums. Opie favours such mediums for their lack of subjectivity and individuality, which dissolves the self of the artist and places the work of the art to the front stage.

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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