ID 1045154
Lot 258 | TRACEY EMIN (B. 1963)
Estimate value
£ 45 000 – 65 000
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pink neon
13 3/8 x 62 ½ x 3 7/8in. (34 x 158 x 10cm.)
Executed in 1998, this work is number three from an edition of three plus two artist's proofs
Provenance
Jay Jopling, London.
Private Collection, Greece.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 1 July 2010, lot 133.
Private Collection, London.
Anon. sale, Phillips London, 28 June 2016, lot 143.
Private Collection, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
H. Luard and P. Miles (eds.), Tracey Emin: Works 1963/2006, New York 2006, p. 412 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 363).
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Ten Years: Tracey Emin, 2002, p. 38, no. 21 (another from the edition exhibited).
London, Barbican Art Gallery, Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now, 2007-2008, p. 251 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour p. 242).
London, Hayward Gallery, Tracey Emin: Love is What You Want, 2011, p. 251, no. 75 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 75).
Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tracey Emin: Angel without You, 2013-2014 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated in colour, p. 11).
Further details
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Another from the edition is in the Collection of Tate, London.
Artist: | Tracey Emin (1963) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Tracey Emin (1963) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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