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It Just Happens - Signed Print by Tracey Emin 2001 - MyArtBroker

It Just Happens
Signed Print

Tracey Emin

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Medium: Woodcut

Edition size: 3

Year: 2001

Size: H 212cm x W 141cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Tracey Emin’s It Just Happens (signed) is estimated to be worth between £90,000 and £140,000. This woodcut print from 2001 is a rare artwork with an auction history of two sales since its entry to the market on 29th June 2011. This is a unique opportunity to acquire a work by an artist with a strong auction history. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 3.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2013Christie's London United Kingdom
June 2011Christie's London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Characteristically uninhibited and lewd, It Just Happens pictures a nude woman unashamedly confronting the viewer with her rear end. This crude illustration, and the obscene words which accompany it, is printed on calico fabric. Typical of Emin’s oeuvre by mixing textile media with printmaking, she straddles feminine sensuality with her brazen attitude. The punchy and direct words used in the work, some of which are misspelt or written backwards, amplify the emotiveness of the work and give it a sense of urgency.

  • 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).