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Elena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom) - Signed Print by Julian Opie 2006 - MyArtBroker

Elena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom)
Signed Print

Julian Opie

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 100

Year: 2006

Size: H 46cm x W 36cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Julian Opie’s Elena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,800 and £5,500. There have been 6 total sales at auction since its initial sale on 24th January 2012. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £3,636 in October 2021 to £9,500 in September 2021. The average annual growth rate of this work is 4%. This screenprint is part of a limited edition of 100.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2021Christie's New York United States
October 2021Phillips New York United States
September 2021Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
July 2021Christie's New York United States
December 2019Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
January 2012Phillips New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

Opie presents the viewer with the absolute minimum by which the subject can be recognised, with buttons for eyes, two lines for a mouth, and the image created with flat, block colours. The young girl in this work is fictionalised through the highly stylised rendering of the image and in the presentation of the portrait as a type, rather than as an individual. Working to depersonalise the portrait with his drastically pared-back style, Opie opens the subject to a multitude of interpretations from the viewer.

This print, along with many other portraits in the artist’s oeuvre, is titled with the sitter’s first name and occupation, ‘schoolgirl,’ emphasising the way that Opie sought to use as little information as possible to create a distinctly recognizable portrait. Opie’s portraits like this one reveal the dehumanising effects of extreme digital simplification, highlighted by Elena’s blank expression.