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Ruth With Cigarette 3 - Signed Print by Julian Opie 2005 - MyArtBroker

Ruth With Cigarette 3
Signed Print

Julian Opie

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92 x 66cm, Edition of 50, Digital Print

Medium: Digital Print

Edition size: 50

Year: 2005

Size: H 92cm x W 66cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: September 2019

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Auction Date
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Location
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Buyer Paid
September 2019
Christie's Shanghai
China
$5,500
$6,500
$7,500
January 2018
Phillips London
United Kingdom
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The value of Julian Opie's Ruth With Cigarette 3 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,850 and £7,500. This digital print artwork, created in 2005, has an auction history of two total sales since its entry to the market on 24th January 2018. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 50.

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Meaning & Analysis

Amidst a contemporary world saturated with information, Opie presents us with an image stripped down to the bare minimum components that make up a portrait. Using a standardised version of the human form, reminiscent of signs that can be found on lavatory doors, Ruth With Cigarette 3 is rendered in a decidedly depersonalised visual language. By presenting the figure without any facial features and a floating blank circle as a head, the figure appears more like a sign than an individual to be recognised.

Producing a computer generated image that uses flat, saturated colour and simplified shapes, Opie mimics the visual language of mass media and advertising. Ruth With Cigarette 3 also plays into this idea through depicting a stereotypical sexualised image of the ‘ideal’ woman as found in magazines, television and film. By rendering the figure without any facial features and a floating blank circle as a head, Opie forces the viewer to consider why they find this image so alluring and what constitutes attractiveness.