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Self-Portrait As A Small Bird - Signed Print by Tracey Emin 2002 - MyArtBroker

Self-Portrait As A Small Bird
Signed Print

Tracey Emin

£3,650-£5,500Value Indicator

$7,000-$11,000 Value Indicator

$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator

¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator

4,400-6,500 Value Indicator

$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator

¥690,000-¥1,040,000 Value Indicator

$4,600-$7,000 Value Indicator

3% AAGR

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 200

Year: 2002

Size: H 45cm x W 50cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Tracey Emin's Self-Portrait As A Small Bird (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,650 and £5,500. This etching print, created in 2002, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. This work has an auction history of seven total sales since its entry to the market in July 2009. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £3,817, across 2 sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £3,200 in February 2024 to £5,200 in October 2022. 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
October 2024Chiswick Auctions United Kingdom
March 2024Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers United Kingdom
February 2024Chiswick Auctions United Kingdom
October 2022Chiswick Auctions United Kingdom
March 2017Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
July 2011Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
July 2009Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

British artist Tracey Emin was born in the far south of London in 1963. She grew up in the midst of a blooming technicolour age referred to as ‘The Swinging Sixties’. Her adolescent years were characterised by a youth-driven cultural revolution built on modern and self-indulgent ways of thinking.

Emin’s outstanding artistry is defined by her innate ability to convey emotion through the process of drawing. Her works on paper are technically accomplished and manifest her devotion to her craft. She is an expressionist whose jagged contours and rapid lines convey our anxiety at being human when confronted with the complexities of life. What better creature to envelop all of these touchstones than a bird.

Emin's Self-Portrait As A Small Bird from 2002 succeeds her It’s What I’d Like To Be from 1998, a delicate interpretation of the artist as a tiny deer. Here, the artist portrays herself as a nightingale perched on a blossoming branch. The creature bears Emin's signature crooked half-frown half-smile. Nightingales are known for their powerful and beautiful song, their melodic voice is considered to be a celestial vehicle for prayer. As far as their symbolism goes, nightingales also represent a calling on introspection and the awakening of hidden talents as they personify artistry.