But Yeh
But Yeh
Signed Print
Tracey Emin
£1,050-£1,550
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45 x 33cm, Edition of 200, Etching
Medium: Etching
Edition size: 200
Year: 2005
Size: H 45cm x W 33cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: September 2023
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Meaning & Analysis
But Yeh is a delicate 2005 etching forming part Tracey Emin's Torsos collection. Set against a creamy woven paper background, the etching appears fluid and effortless. From the letter “h”, Emin continues her thin line to delineate a nude female torso. At the bottom of the print appears Emin’s signature, and the numbered edition of each print.
Emin has continuously merged fluid figurative representations with poetic text in her work. But Yeh is no exception to this powerful mingling between the literary and visual arts. What appears, at first, to be a simple two-word text piece and a continuous line figure emerges as an intimate and ambiguous observation of Emin’s own body. Constantly fascinated by the vulnerability experienced when naked, Emin delicately represents her musings on her own nude form. From this original etching, Emin produced a neon work using the same composition in 2010 with the slightly altered title But Yea.
