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But Yeh - Signed Print by Tracey Emin 2005 - MyArtBroker

But Yeh
Signed Print

Tracey Emin

£750-£1,100Value Indicator

$1,500-$2,200 Value Indicator

$1,350-$1,950 Value Indicator

¥7,000-¥10,000 Value Indicator

900-1,350 Value Indicator

$7,500-$11,000 Value Indicator

¥140,000-¥210,000 Value Indicator

$950-$1,400 Value Indicator

21% AAGR

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 200

Year: 2005

Size: H 45cm x W 33cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Tracey Emin's But Yeh (signed) is estimated to be worth between £750 to £1,100. This etching, created in 2005, has shown consistent value growth, with an auction history of 9 total sales since its entry to the market in July 2015. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £650 in July 2020 to £2,000 in January 2022. The average annual growth rate of this artwork is 19% and the edition size is limited to 200.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2023Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
October 2022Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
September 2022Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
March 2022Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
February 2022Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
January 2022Phillips London United Kingdom
July 2020Forum Auctions London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Emin has continuously merged fluid figurative representations with poetic text in her work. But Yeh is no exception to this powerful mingling between the literary and visual arts. What appears, at first, to be a simple two-word text piece and a continuous line figure emerges as an intimate and ambiguous observation of Emin’s own body. Constantly fascinated by the vulnerability experienced when naked, Emin delicately represents her musings on her own nude form. From this original etching, Emin produced a neon work using the same composition in 2010 with the slightly altered title But Yea.

  • 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).