5 Year Print Market Review 2023
Elena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom) - Signed Print by Julian Opie 2006 - MyArtBroker

Elena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom)
Signed Print

Julian Opie

£4,200-£6,500Value
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$8,000-$12,500 Value Indicator

$7,000-$11,000 Value Indicator

¥40,000-¥60,000 Value Indicator

4,900-7,500 Value Indicator

$40,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

¥780,000-¥1,210,000 Value Indicator

$5,500-$8,000 Value Indicator

-9% AAGR (5YR)

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Screenprint, 2006
Signed Print Edition of 100
H 46cm x W 36cm

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2021Christie's New York - United StatesElena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom) - Signed Print
October 2021Phillips New York - United StatesElena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom) - Signed Print
September 2021Bonhams Knightsbridge - United KingdomElena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom) - Signed Print
July 2021Christie's New York - United StatesElena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom) - Signed Print
December 2019Bonhams New Bond Street - United KingdomElena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom) - Signed Print
January 2012Phillips New York - United StatesElena, Schoolgirl (With Lotus Blossom) - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

Opie presents the viewer with the absolute minimum by which the subject can be recognised, with buttons for eyes, two lines for a mouth, and the image created with flat, block colours. The young girl in this work is fictionalised through the highly stylised rendering of the image and in the presentation of the portrait as a type, rather than as an individual. Working to depersonalise the portrait with his drastically pared-back style, Opie opens the subject to a multitude of interpretations from the viewer.

This print, along with many other portraits in the artist’s oeuvre, is titled with the sitter’s first name and occupation, ‘schoolgirl,’ emphasising the way that Opie sought to use as little information as possible to create a distinctly recognizable portrait. Opie’s portraits like this one reveal the dehumanising effects of extreme digital simplification, highlighted by Elena’s blank expression.

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