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Ruth With Cigarette 3 - Signed Print by Julian Opie 2005 - MyArtBroker

Ruth With Cigarette 3
Signed Print

Julian Opie

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Medium: Digital Print

Edition size: 50

Year: 2005

Size: H 92cm x W 66cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Julian Opie’s Ruth With Cigarette 3 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,850 and £7,000. This digital print artwork, created in 2005, has an auction history of two total sales since its entry to the market on 24th January 2018. The artwork has shown an average annual growth rate of 12%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 50.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2019Christie's Shanghai China
January 2018Phillips London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Amidst a contemporary world saturated with information, Opie presents us with an image stripped down to the bare minimum components that make up a portrait. Using a standardised version of the human form, reminiscent of signs that can be found on lavatory doors, Ruth With Cigarette 3 is rendered in a decidedly depersonalised visual language. By presenting the figure without any facial features and a floating blank circle as a head, the figure appears more like a sign than an individual to be recognised.

Producing a computer generated image that uses flat, saturated colour and simplified shapes, Opie mimics the visual language of mass media and advertising. Ruth With Cigarette 3 also plays into this idea through depicting a stereotypical sexualised image of the ‘ideal’ woman as found in magazines, television and film. By rendering the figure without any facial features and a floating blank circle as a head, Opie forces the viewer to consider why they find this image so alluring and what constitutes attractiveness.