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Imagine You Are Driving (Fast)/Rio/Helmet - Signed Print by Julian Opie 2002 - MyArtBroker

Imagine You Are Driving (Fast)/Rio/Helmet
Signed Print

Julian Opie

£2,700-£4,050Value Indicator

$5,500-$8,500 Value Indicator

$5,000-$7,500 Value Indicator

¥26,000-¥40,000 Value Indicator

€3,150-€4,700 Value Indicator

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¥540,000-¥810,000 Value Indicator

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56 x 120cm, Edition of 50, Digital Print

Medium: Digital Print

Edition size: 50

Year: 2002

Size: H 56cm x W 120cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: March 2024

Value Trend:

-13% AAGR

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
March 2024
Phillips New York
United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
October 2023
Phillips London
United Kingdom
November 2022
Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers
United Kingdom
July 2022
Wright
United States
April 2022
Wright
United States
June 2021
Wright
United States
June 2017
Phillips London
United Kingdom
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The value of Julian Opie's Imagine You Are Driving (Fast)/Rio/Helmet (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,700 and £4,050. This digital print artwork, created in 2002, has shown consistent value growth since its first sale in June 2017. In the last 12 months, the total sales volume has been 0. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £2,165 in October 2023 to £7,560 in July 2022. The average annual growth rate is currently -13%. This work is part of a limited edition of 50.

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Meaning & Analysis

Rendered in Opie’s bold, linear style with block colour, the portrait of the driver hints to real-world advertisements and brands with the Honda logo and reflection of the Lucky Strike logo in the helmet. Much of Opie’s work directly relates to advertising and street signage of the contemporary world through his reductive visual language and use of saturated colour. Imagine You Are Driving (Fast)/Rio/Helmet takes this idea further by appropriating brand logos as part of the image.

Much like contemporary video games that simulate race driving, Imagine You Are Driving (Fast)/Rio/Helmet strikes the balance between the real and the imagined where the viewer can make their own virtual journey. Opie’s highly stylised landscape that is largely featureless is juxtaposed with the portrait of a driver and inclusion of brand logos that inject a human presence into the print.