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Little Owl - Signed Print by Tracey Emin 2005 - MyArtBroker

Little Owl
Signed Print

Tracey Emin

£2,900-£4,350Value Indicator

$6,000-$8,500 Value Indicator

$5,000-$8,000 Value Indicator

¥27,000-¥40,000 Value Indicator

3,500-5,000 Value Indicator

$28,000-$45,000 Value Indicator

¥550,000-¥820,000 Value Indicator

$3,650-$5,500 Value Indicator

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 200

Year: 2005

Size: H 14cm x W 20cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Tracey Emin's Little Owl (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,900 and £4,350. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £4,200, across a total of 1 sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £3,000 in March 2023 to £4,200 in June 2024. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 10%. Since its initial sale in October 2007, Little Owl has been sold 6 times at auction. 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
June 2024Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
September 2023Phillips London United Kingdom
March 2023Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
September 2015Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
September 2011Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
October 2007Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Emin was born in south London in 1963, into the thick of a blooming technicolour age referred to as ‘The Swinging Sixties’. The period marked the beginning of a youth-driven cultural revolution, besides marking the birth of third-wave feminism.

Emin’s drawings, which lie at the heart of her most vulnerable artistic creations, are filled with allegories and manifest how outstanding of a draughtswoman she really is. Her delicate lines, subtle tone and smooth texturing convey pure emotion, technical proficiency and genuine interest in her craft. There is a rhythm to the angst, confusion, joy, what-have-you captured in Emin’s Animal drawings. Within her fragmented and associative network of mementoes, she addresses various aspects of inner life, confined by behaviourist structures.

Succeeding It’s What I’d Like To Be, Emin’s Little Owl from 2005, also known as Little Owl - Self Portrait, depicts the artist as an owl. She sits perched and partly hidden in her tree trunk lair. The solitary and nocturnal bird is a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, transition and time. Emin here translates the animal’s iconicity into a representation of the pain of her past and the excitement of a future unknown. She situates herself in between the two, as a small and watchful creature alone though safely nestled, on a quiet journey of growth and self-improvement.

  • 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).

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