Name: Rabbits Its For Life
Brand: Tracey Emin
Rating: 4.9 (226 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of Tracey Emin's Rabbits Its For Life (signed) is estimated to be worth between £800 and £1,200. This lithograph print, created in 2020, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 101%. Over the past 12 months, there have been 2 sales and the hammer price over the last five years has ranged from £140 in March 2020 to £170 in October 2019. The average annual return for this artwork is £132. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 2,000.

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November 2023

Tate Ward Auctions - United Kingdom

Rabbits Its For Life - Signed Print

March 2020

Tate Ward Auctions - United Kingdom

Rabbits Its For Life - Signed Print

October 2019

Tate Ward Auctions - United Kingdom

Rabbits Its For Life - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

British artist Tracey Emin’s Rabbits, It’s For Life from 2005 is a delicate offset lithograph on paper, produced in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust. The honest and humorous print features Emin’s simplistic line drawing and scratchy handwriting. The work was executed as part of a signed and limited edition of 2000.

Emin was born in south London in 1963, into the thick of a blooming technicolour age referred to as ‘The Swinging Sixties’. The period marked the beginning of a youth-driven cultural revolution, besides marking the birth of third-wave feminism.

Emin’s drawings, which lie at the heart of her most vulnerable artistic creations, are filled with allegories and manifest how outstanding of a draughtswoman she really is. She is an expressionist whose jagged contours convey emotion through the tone and texture of a roughly, rapidly scrawled line. Her drawings showcase the ever-changing reality and most extensive experience of humanity imaginable. The artist hones her illustrations consciously, manifesting raw sentiments through what might perhaps be considered the most fragile art form. Emin recognises that through this medium she can reveal both the unique beauty and the disarray of existence.

Emin produced her Rabbits, It’s For Life poster for the Teenage Cancer Trust in 2005. The work depicts a number of rabbits alongside a nude female figure. The text at the top states “Remember Easter - It’s Not Just for Christmas”, while the slogan at the bottom reads “IT’S FOR LIFE”. The work was exclusively commissioned and only available at Selfridges in London. It was originally supposed to be used as seasonal wrapping paper.