5th Oct, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Dame Tracey Emin DBE, RA (b.1963)
"Dragon Fly" (2010)
Signed, inscribed and numbered 84/100, polymer gravure on Japan paper, 42.5cm by 39cm
Provenance: Emin International Ltd., London
Sold for £950
Estimated at £600 - £800
Slight time staining to the paper. The piece is float mounted. The paper has a deckled edge. Areas to each corner where the tape has oxidised the paper. Cockling to the paper and handling creases in places. Creasing to the top right corner of the plate vertically approximately 4cm and to the left of this approximately 7cm to the right of the dragonfly and to the lower left of the plate. The odd tiny sporadic minor foxing spot. Some light surface dirt and debris trapped under the glass. Not examined out of the frame.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 5th Oct, 2024
A fine selection of Modern and Contemporary Art will be offered this October, with important works including "Torpedo Fish" by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, "Houses, Trees and Ships" by Alfred Wallis and two paintings by Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis.
Also included in the sale are works by Christopher Wood, Henry Moore, Mary Fedden, Dame Eileen Mayo, John Hoyland, Sandra Blow, Bryan Pearce, Roger Hilton, Breon O'Casey and Sir Terry Frost.
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