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Bird On A Wing - Signed Print by Tracey Emin 2018 - MyArtBroker

Bird On A Wing
Signed Print

Tracey Emin

£2,800-£4,200Value Indicator

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35 x 35cm, Edition of 200, Etching

Medium: Etching
Edition size: 200
Year: 2018
Size: H 35cm x W 35cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: June 2023
Value Trend:
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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
June 2023
Tate Ward Auctions
United Kingdom
£2,285
£2,688
£3,360
September 2021
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
October 2020
Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers
United Kingdom
August 2020
Tate Ward Auctions
United Kingdom
July 2019
Chiswick Auctions
United Kingdom
June 2019
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
April 2019
Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers
United Kingdom
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The value of Tracey Emin's Bird On A Wing (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,800 and £4,200. This etching print, created in 2018, has shown consistent value growth, with an impressive average annual growth rate of 27%. This artwork has an auction history of 7 total sales since its entry to the market in April 2019. In the last 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £800 in August 2022 to £2,688 in June 2023. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200.

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Meaning & Analysis

British artist Tracey Emin was born in the far south of London in 1963. She grew up in the midst of a blooming technicolour age referred to as ‘The Swinging Sixties’. Her adolescent years were characterised by a youth-driven cultural revolution built on modern and self-indulgent ways of thinking.

Emin’s outstanding artistry is defined by her innate ability to convey emotion through the process of drawing. Her works on paper are technically accomplished and manifest her devotion to her craft. She is an expressionist whose jagged contours and rapid lines convey our anxiety at being human when confronted with the complexities of life. What better creature to envelop all of these touchstones than a bird. The tiny birds have been present in many of Emin’s multimedia works, neon signs and sculptures alike since the early 2000s.

Emin’s birds are small and inherently quite fragile, much like the human condition. In her Bird on a Wing (After D. B) from 2018, she portrays a blue jay, soaring steadily with its wings spread wide. Emin captures the creature right before its moment of landing, reflecting its vitality and liberty. The illustration also signals sentiments of patience and adaptability; an intrinsic drive to seize opportunities.

  • 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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