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Love Is A Strange Thing - Signed Print by Tracey Emin 2020 - MyArtBroker

Love Is A Strange Thing
Signed Print

Tracey Emin

£1,600-£2,350Value Indicator

$3,150-$4,650 Value Indicator

$2,850-$4,200 Value Indicator

¥14,500-¥22,000 Value Indicator

1,950-2,850 Value Indicator

$16,000-$23,000 Value Indicator

¥300,000-¥440,000 Value Indicator

$2,000-$2,950 Value Indicator

33% AAGR

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 250

Year: 2020

Size: H 70cm x W 54cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Tracey Emin's Love Is A Strange Thing (signed) is estimated to be worth between £1,600 and £2,350. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £400 in March 2020 to £1,000 in December 2020. This lithograph print, created in 2020, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 33%. This work is somewhat rare, having been sold 6 times at auction since its initial sale in October 2010. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 250.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
December 2020Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
April 2020Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh United Kingdom
March 2020Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
January 2020Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
May 2019Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
October 2010Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
October 2008Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Although less critically acknowledged than her installations or drawings, video art plays a fundamental role in Emin's production. The artist recalls her long standing fascination with film, claiming that when she was younger she would take a Super 8 camera everywhere. “For me, it was a true way of expressing myself.”, she stated. Love Is A Strange Thing belongs to this project of self-expression, which Emin articulates in a variety of languages. The image constitutes an enlarged snapshot taken from a short video made in the same year.

In the video, Emin is accompanied by her dog, which makes sexual advances to the artist. Emin promptly declines, and the dog barks his surprise in response, claiming that he is somewhat surprised given the artist’s reputation. The disjuncture between the title, Love Is A Strange Thing, and the surreal feeling of the dog making sexual propositions to the artist contribute to the ironic nonsense of the video. In the artwork, Emin once again recapitulates her self-deprecating humour, that allows the artist to mock herself - or, in this case, her reputation for being open to sexual encounters - with an irony that makes her artworks even the more popular amongst the broader public.

  • 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).