But Yeh
But Yeh
Signed Print
Tracey Emin
£1,100-£1,600Value Indicator
$2,300-$3,300 Value Indicator
$2,050-$3,000 Value Indicator
¥10,500-¥15,000 Value Indicator
€1,300-€1,900 Value Indicator
$11,500-$17,000 Value Indicator
¥210,000-¥310,000 Value Indicator
$1,450-$2,150 Value Indicator
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Medium: Etching
Edition size: 200
Year: 2005
Size: H 45cm x W 33cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2022 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2022 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| March 2022 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| February 2022 | Tate Ward Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| January 2022 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| July 2020 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
But Yeh is a delicate 2005 etching forming part Tracey Emin's Torsos collection. Set against a creamy woven paper background, the etching appears fluid and effortless. From the letter “h”, Emin continues her thin line to delineate a nude female torso. At the bottom of the print appears Emin’s signature, and the numbered edition of each print.
Emin has continuously merged fluid figurative representations with poetic text in her work. But Yeh is no exception to this powerful mingling between the literary and visual arts. What appears, at first, to be a simple two-word text piece and a continuous line figure emerges as an intimate and ambiguous observation of Emin’s own body. Constantly fascinated by the vulnerability experienced when naked, Emin delicately represents her musings on her own nude form. From this original etching, Emin produced a neon work using the same composition in 2010 with the slightly altered title But Yea.
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).
