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Little Owl - Signed Print by Tracey Emin 2005 - MyArtBroker

Little Owl
Signed Print

Tracey Emin

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14 x 20cm, Edition of 200, Etching

Medium: Etching
Edition size: 200
Year: 2005
Size: H 14cm x W 20cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: June 2024
Value Trend:
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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
June 2024
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
£3,570
£4,200
£5,376
September 2023
Phillips London
United Kingdom
March 2023
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
September 2015
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
September 2011
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
October 2007
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
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The value of Tracey Emin’s Little Owl (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,000 and £6,000. This etching print from 2005 has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 22%. Little Owl has an auction history of six total sales since its entry to the market in October 2007. In the last 12 months, there have been no sales, however, over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £3,000 in March 2023 to £4,200 in June 2024. The average return to the seller for this artwork is £3,116. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200.

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Meaning & Analysis

Emin was born in south London in 1963, into the thick of a blooming technicolour age referred to as ‘The Swinging Sixties’. The period marked the beginning of a youth-driven cultural revolution, besides marking the birth of third-wave feminism.

Emin’s drawings, which lie at the heart of her most vulnerable artistic creations, are filled with allegories and manifest how outstanding of a draughtswoman she really is. Her delicate lines, subtle tone and smooth texturing convey pure emotion, technical proficiency and genuine interest in her craft. There is a rhythm to the angst, confusion, joy, what-have-you captured in Emin’s Animal drawings. Within her fragmented and associative network of mementoes, she addresses various aspects of inner life, confined by behaviourist structures.

Succeeding It’s What I’d Like To Be, Emin’s Little Owl from 2005, also known as Little Owl - Self Portrait, depicts the artist as an owl. She sits perched and partly hidden in her tree trunk lair. The solitary and nocturnal bird is a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, transition and time. Emin here translates the animal’s iconicity into a representation of the pain of her past and the excitement of a future unknown. She situates herself in between the two, as a small and watchful creature alone though safely nestled, on a quiet journey of growth and self-improvement.

  • 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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