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Ruth With Cigarette 4 - Signed Print by Julian Opie 2005 - MyArtBroker

Ruth With Cigarette 4
Signed Print

Julian Opie

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Digital Print, 2005
Signed Print Edition of 50
H 88cm x W 66cm

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
August 2022Bonhams New York - United StatesRuth With Cigarette 4 - Signed Print
March 2020Tate Ward Auctions - United KingdomRuth With Cigarette 4 - Signed Print
September 2019Christie's Shanghai - ChinaRuth With Cigarette 4 - Signed Print
January 2018Phillips London - United KingdomRuth With Cigarette 4 - Signed Print
January 2012Phillips New York - United StatesRuth With Cigarette 4 - Signed Print
September 2011Christie's London - United KingdomRuth With Cigarette 4 - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

The sitter in the portrait is anonymised through Opie’s use of a blank, circle floating above her shoulders to reference her face. Featureless, this portrait appears more like a sign than an individual to be recognised, however Opie retains a sense of character and personality through his careful rendering of her pose and clothing. Ruth appears disinterested yet alluring in the way she casually holds her cigarette and wears nothing but a bright red frilly bra and blue bracelet.

Opie places many of his works within art historical narratives by engaging with the traditional genre of portraiture through his use of pose and composition and with the fact that this is a commissioned portrait staged to show the sitter in a certain light. At the same time, Opie turns the art historical context on its head by using a photograph which is then digitally edited to produce a simplified pictogram that is unequivocally modern.

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