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Detective
Signed Print

Julian Opie

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87 x 61cm, Edition of 50, Digital Print

Medium: Digital Print
Edition size: 50
Year: 2014
Size: H 87cm x W 61cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: November 2021

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Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
November 2021
Christie's New York
United States
$6,500
$7,500
$9,500
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The value of Julian Opie’s Detective (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,100 and £6,000. This digital print artwork, created in 2014, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. This work has an auction history of one sale on 4th November 2021. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £2,932 in November 2021 to £2,932 in November 2021. The average return to the seller is currently £4,726. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 50.

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Meaning & Analysis

Detective is part of Opie’s Walking In London collection which features prints of different people from a wide variety of professions in transit, walking from one place to another during their working day. Opie does not capture these people at work, doing the interesting things the titles of the prints suggest they do. Instead, Opie chooses to depict these people when they are doing the most banal of activities, walking. Speaking about his representation of the ordinary and everyday, Opie explains: “mundane things are just as exciting as all the things you might imagine escaping into”.

The figure in Detective is rendered in Opie’s unique visual style, characterised by his use of simple forms, thick outlines and blocks of flat colour. Opie duplicates the man’s legs and blurs them which produces an illusion of movement and gives the impression the detective pictured here is in a rush.

  • 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.