Moth
Moth
Signed Print
Tracey Emin
£850-£1,250Value Indicator
$1,800-$2,650 Value Indicator
$1,600-$2,350 Value Indicator
¥8,500-¥12,500 Value Indicator
€1,000-€1,450 Value Indicator
$9,000-$13,500 Value Indicator
¥170,000-¥250,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Etching
Edition size: 100
Year: 2010
Size: H 43cm x W 39cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Tennants Auctioneers | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2022 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| January 2020 | Chiswick Auctions | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
Moth (2010) by Tracey Emin presents a fragile, hand-drawn image of a moth alongside a reversed, partially obscured section of handwritten text. Sparse and suggestive, it sits within Emin’s preoccupation with drawing and language to chart fleeting emotions and personal states of mind.
Moth feels improvised but deliberate, with the thin lines of the moth's wings and the trailing plant form drawing attention to both absence and detail. The use of Japan paper lends the piece a translucent softness, enhancing the sense of impermanence. Emin’s text, mirrored and difficult to fully decipher, resists easy interpretation, adding to the feeling of something half-remembered or emotionally coded. Rather than delivering a fixed narrative, Moth leaves space for uncertainty, making it characteristic of Emin’s wider interest in vulnerability, memory, and the fractured ways we record emotional experience.
