This Is Shahnoza 5
This Is Shahnoza 5
Signed Print
Julian Opie
£3,850-£6,000Value
Indicator
$7,500-$11,500 Value Indicator
$6,500-$10,500 Value Indicator
¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator
€4,500-€7,000 Value Indicator
$40,000-$60,000 Value Indicator
¥710,000-¥1,110,000 Value Indicator
$4,850-$7,500 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Format: Signed Print
Year: 2006
Size: H 57cm x W 136cm
Edition size: 40
Signed: Yes
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The value of Julian Opie's This Is Shahnoza 5 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,850 to £6,000. This screenprint artwork from 2006 has had a total of 4 sales at auction since its first sale on 5th May 2006. The hammer price in the last five years was £4,536 on 14th September 2021. The average return to the seller over this period has been £3,856, despite an average annual growth rate of -11%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 40.
Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | This Is Shahnoza 5 - Signed Print | |||
| June 2012 | Artcurial - France | This Is Shahnoza 5 - Signed Print | |||
| December 2011 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | This Is Shahnoza 5 - Signed Print | |||
| May 2006 | Dr. Fischer Fine Art Auktions - Germany | This Is Shahnoza 5 - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Taken from the artist’s This Is Shahnozaseries created for an art museum in Ontario, This is Shahnoza 5 is a print by Julian Opie from 2006. The series was originally used as a wall drawing for the museum in a room of Henry Moore sculptures, mostly of reclining nudes. The print shows a model depicted in Opie’s linear style, in a series of four static poses dancing around a pole and wearing only her underwear.
For Opie, the use of a pole in this print allowed him to create a more dynamic image full of movement and dramatic poses, without the constraints of any outside objects or background. The model leans against and hangs from the pole in order to show her body in a variety of angles and positions that are dynamic and convey personality.
This Is Shahnoza is exemplary of Opie’s working process that is far more arduous than the print itself reveals. In order to create the series of images, Opie worked with the professional pole dancer for two days, taking over 1,000 photographs each day, simultaneously using two video cameras to capture her movements in real time. Opie then refines what he is going to draw and manipulates the chosen photographs on the computer to produce a variety of graphic images.
