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The Room Is Closed Signed Print

The Room Is Closed

Tracey Emin

The Room Is Closed
Signed Print

Name: The Room Is Closed
Brand: Tracey Emin
Rating: 5 (231 reviews)

Tracey Emin

£750-£1,150

$1,500-$2,300 Value Indicator

$1,350-$2,050 Value Indicator

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€900-€1,400 Value Indicator

$7,500-$11,500 Value Indicator

¥150,000-¥220,000 Value Indicator

$950-$1,450 Value Indicator

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 200

Year: 2013

Size: H 37cm x W 38cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Tracey Emin’s The Room Is Closed, a signed etching from 2013, is estimated to be worth between £750 and £1,150. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £736, across a total of 2 sales. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. This work has a steady auction history, having been sold 18 times at auction since its initial sale on 24th February 2021. The hammer price has varied from £523 in December 2022 to £1,389 in January 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location
September 2024	Tate Ward Auctions	United Kingdom
May 2024	Tate Ward Auctions	United Kingdom
October 2023	Chiswick Auctions	United Kingdom
September 2023	Bonhams Knightsbridge	United Kingdom
March 2023	Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers	United Kingdom
January 2023	Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh	United Kingdom
December 2022	International Art Centre	New Zealand

Meaning & Analysis

This Room Is Closed is a signed etching by Tracey Emin, executed in 2013 and released in an edition of 200. At the centre of the composition is what appears to be two female figures sat at a table, as though denying entry to this closed room. Underneath the centrally-placed illustration are the words from which the etching takes its title. Beneath the print is Emin’s signature and the edition number of the print in the bottom right, as is typical of Emin’s prints.

Moody and angsty, The Room Is Closed is a witty print about having your access denied. The snarky look on the two female figures sat at the table gives the print its sulky overtone. With their elbows haphazardly etched onto the table, and the figure on the right’s downturned mouth, the work makes a mockery of these two unfriendly figures. Like the majority of Emin’s oeuvre, the work is likely based on an experience Emin has had in her life, making these subjects all the more pitiable.

Tracey Emin, born in 1963, stands as a fearless provocateur in the contemporary art scene. A trailblazer of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement in the late 1980s, the artist has sparked conversation and controversy for decades. Confronting themes of love, trauma and femininity with great vulnerability, Emin's work is a visceral tapestry of her life and has forged an intimate dialogue between artist and audience. In 1999, this raw approach to storytelling won her a nomination to the Turner Prize and, in 2007, it got her a coveted spot as a Royal Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA).

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