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When I Think About Sex - Signed Print by Tracey Emin 2005 - MyArtBroker

When I Think About Sex
Signed Print

Tracey Emin

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56 x 83cm, Edition of 1000, Photographic print

Medium: Photographic print
Edition size: 1000
Year: 2005
Size: H 56cm x W 83cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: February 2025

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February 2025
Cheffins
United Kingdom
£1,105
£1,300
£1,300
October 2024
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
June 2024
Gorringes
United Kingdom
April 2024
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
March 2024
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
February 2024
Tate Ward Auctions
United Kingdom
December 2023
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
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The value of Tracey Emin’s When I Think About Sex (signed) is estimated to be worth between £1,200 and £1,800. This photographic print, created in 2005, has shown consistent value growth and has an auction history of 30 total sales since its entry to the market in October 2009. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £1,000, across 2 sales. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £580 in April 2023 to £1,400 in June 2022. The average annual growth rate of this artwork is 6%. This work is part of a limited edition of 1,000.

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Meaning & Analysis

“When I think about sex … it makes me realise just how alone I feel … What the world perceives of me from the outside is not the same from within”. The loneliness that Emin attaches to sex is made manifest in this poignant print from 2002. Set against a blank background, Emin illustrates herself against this void of sorts to highlight the solitary nature of her nude figure. Emin reduces her Nude Self-Portrait to simple line in this work, and pictures herself smiling shyly at the very thought of sex.

Emin has never been an artist to shy away from putting her personal experiences on show to the public through her art. When I Think About Sex is just one print from this confessional exhibition which charted her own experiences and musings on sex and romantic relationships. Through this unassuming yet touching print, Emin alludes to the fears, excitement, bashfulness and anticipation bound to sex.

  • 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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