Tracey Emin: career timeline

British · b. 1963 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 264 of 296 lots (89% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Tracey Emin: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1980s11$12.5kSign upOil
1990s3024$8.3kSign upPrint (other)
2000s7869$17.6kSign upOther
2010s129124$4.1kSign upLithograph
2020s2422$7.5kSign upLithograph

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1980s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$12.5kSign up
Average
$12.5kSign up
Typical size
10 × 11 in (26 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
—

1990s 30 works

Sold
24 of 30
Median
$8.3kSign up
Average
$33.4kSign up
Typical size
15 × 21 in (38 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (9), Other (9), Photograph (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)
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…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 78 works

Sold
69 of 78
Median
$17.6kSign up
Average
$48.2kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 30 in (35 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Other (36), Etching (16), Print (other) (8)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Birds (2)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 54 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 129 works

Sold
124 of 129
Median
$4.1kSign up
Average
$43.9kSign up
Typical size
19 × 19.5 in (49 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (40), Other (26), Etching (24)
Subjects
Birds (11), Figures & portraits (4), Landscapes (1)
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…and 105 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 24 works

Sold
22 of 24
Median
$7.5kSign up
Average
$45.6kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 27.5 in (60 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (18), Print (other) (2), Acrylic (2)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (2020s)

Creation date not recorded

32 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$3.2kSign up
Average
$3.2kSign up
Typical size
23 × 29.5 in (59 × 75 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 9 works

Sold
9 of 9
Median
$902Sign up
Average
$1kSign up
Typical size
31.5 × 18 in (80 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Screenprint (3), Etching (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 22 works

Sold
21 of 22
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
19 × 18 in (49 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (13), Screenprint (4), Print (other) (3)
Subjects
Beach scenes (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Tracey Emin auction results →