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The Room Is Closed - Signed Print by Tracey Emin 2013 - MyArtBroker

The Room Is Closed
Signed Print

Tracey Emin

£750-£1,150Value Indicator

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6% AAGR

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 200

Year: 2013

Size: H 37cm x W 38cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Tracey Emin's The Room Is Closed (signed) is estimated to be worth between £750 and £1,150. This etching print, created in 2013, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. Over the past 12 months, the artwork has sold twice, with an average selling price of £736. This work has an auction history of 18 total sales since its entry to the market on 24th February 2021. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2024Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
May 2024Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
October 2023Chiswick Auctions United Kingdom
September 2023Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
March 2023Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers United Kingdom
January 2023Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh United Kingdom
December 2022International Art Centre New Zealand

Meaning & Analysis

Moody and angsty, The Room Is Closed is a witty print about having your access denied. The snarky look on the two female figures sat at the table gives the print its sulky overtone. With their elbows haphazardly etched onto the table, and the figure on the right’s downturned mouth, the work makes a mockery of these two unfriendly figures. Like the majority of Emin’s oeuvre, the work is likely based on an experience Emin has had in her life, making these subjects all the more pitiable.

  • 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).