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Sometimes I Feel Lonely But It's Ok - Signed Print by Tracey Emin 2002 - MyArtBroker

Sometimes I Feel Lonely But It's Ok
Signed Print

Tracey Emin

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46 x 51cm, Edition of 200, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 200

Year: 2002

Size: H 46cm x W 51cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
December 2024
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
$2,800
$3,300
$4,200
June 2024
Germann Auctions
Switzerland
September 2020
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
July 2017
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
March 2015
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
June 2014
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
May 2012
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
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The value of Tracey Emin's Sometimes I Feel Lonely But It's Ok (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,250 and £4,850. This etching print, created in 2002, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This work has an auction history of seven total sales since its entry to the market in March 2009. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £1,488 in September 2020 to £2,600 in December 2024. This work demonstrates a positive average return to the seller of £1,838.

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Meaning & Analysis

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.

Sometimes I Feel Lonely But It’s Ok from 2002 depicts a tiny sparrow resting contemplatively on a cherry blossom branch. Sparrows are often associated with unconditional love and spiritual connection. Yet, their connotation is twofold, as they are also considered to be the harbingers of death. Emin plays on this duality, emphasising the creature's fragility and innocence. Her docile soul catcher sits calmly, awaiting its cue. The artist later utilised the same illustration for her white china teapot titled Foundling and Fledglings of 2007.

  • 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).