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Ruth Smoking 5 - Signed Print by Julian Opie 2006 - MyArtBroker

Ruth Smoking 5
Signed Print

Julian Opie

£4,400-£6,500 VALUE (EST.)

$8,000-$12,000 VALUE (EST.)

$7,500-$11,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥35,000-¥60,000 VALUE (EST.)

5,000-7,500 VALUE (EST.)

$45,000-$60,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥710,000-¥1,050,000 VALUE (EST.)

$5,500-$8,000 VALUE (EST.)

-2% AAGR

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Screenprint, 2006
Signed Print Edition of 50
H 121cm x W 82cm

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Meaning & Analysis

The figure is shown semi-undressed with her breasts partially exposed by Opie’s rendering of a thin blouse that hangs over her breasts to give the image a certain amount of depth. Opie created a video version of this print, depicting the same model with her eyes blinking, wearing a watch with the second hand ticking, and wisps of smoke rising from her cigarette. By creating moving images Opie brings his subjects to life, but paired with his reductivist visual language, these images produce a lingering sense of unease within the viewer.

Ruth Smoking 5 is indicative of Opie’s interest in Ukiyo-e, a genre of Japanese woodblock prints from the 18th and 19th centuries that often depicted female beauties not meant for exhibition. Opie’s particular interest in Ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro comes through in these portraits of Ruth through his choice of eroticised subject matter and use of flattened colour, cropped format and simplified shapes.

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