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Detective - Signed Print by Julian Opie 2014 - MyArtBroker

Detective
Signed Print

Julian Opie

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Medium: Digital Print

Edition size: 50

Year: 2014

Size: H 87cm x W 61cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Julian Opie's Detective (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,100 and £6,000. This digital print, created in 2014, has shown consistent value growth since its first sale in November 2021. The artwork is a rare find, having been sold once at auction. The average annual growth rate is not available. This work is from a limited edition of 50.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
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November 2021Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

Detective is part of Opie’s Walking In London collection which features prints of different people from a wide variety of professions in transit, walking from one place to another during their working day. Opie does not capture these people at work, doing the interesting things the titles of the prints suggest they do. Instead, Opie chooses to depict these people when they are doing the most banal of activities, walking. Speaking about his representation of the ordinary and everyday, Opie explains: “mundane things are just as exciting as all the things you might imagine escaping into”.

The figure in Detective is rendered in Opie’s unique visual style, characterised by his use of simple forms, thick outlines and blocks of flat colour. Opie duplicates the man’s legs and blurs them which produces an illusion of movement and gives the impression the detective pictured here is in a rush.