Tracey Emin (b. 1963)
Tracey Emin (b. 1963)
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Tracey Emin (b. 1963)

Sometimes the Dress is Worth More Money than the Money

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Tracey Emin (b. 1963)
Sometimes the Dress is Worth More Money than the Money
single screen projection and sound
duration: 4 minutes, 2 seconds
Executed in 2000, this work is number five from an edition of ten
Provenance
White Cube.
Acquired from the above by George Michael in 2007.
Literature
M. Merck and C. Townsend (eds.), The Art of Tracey Emin, London 2002, pp. 51 and 163, no. 12 (film still illustrated, p. 52).
P. Lafuente (ed.), Display: recent installation photographs from London galleries and venues, London 2005 (another from the edition, installation view at Sketch, London illustrated in colour, p. 100).
N. Brown, Tracey Emin, London 2006, no. 58 (film stills illustrated in colour, p. 74).
H. Luard and P. Miles (eds.), Tracey Emin: Works 1963 - 2006, New York 2006, p. 409 (film stills illustrated in colour, pp. 320-321).
S. Zielinski, Ah Lord, Love me Passionately: Images of Bodies & Religion in the Lutz Collection, Potsdam 2009, no. 9 (film still illustrated in colour, pp. 86-87).
L. Wells, T. Stylianou-Lambert and N. Philippou (eds.), Photography and Cyprus: Time, Place and Identity, London 2014, fig. 10.5 (film still illustrated, p. 210).
Exhibited
Barcelona, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Trans Sexual Express, 2001, pp. 2 and 190 (another from the edition exhibited; film stills illustrated in colour, p. 87).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Ten Years Tracey Emin, 2002, pp. 26 and 39, no. 32 (film stills illustrated in colour, p. 27).
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Tracey Emin, 2003 (another from the edition exhibited).
London, Sketch Gallery, Tracey Emin: Can’t See Past My Own Eyes, 2004 (another from the edition exhibited).
Dallas, The Goss-Michael Foundation, A Tribute to Tracey Emin, 2007.
Dallas, The Goss-Michael Foundation, EAT ME - DRINK ME, 2009.
London, Hayward Gallery, Tracey Emin: Love is What You Want, 2011, p. 252 (another from the edition exhibited; film stills illustrated in colour, pp. 68-69).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price.
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This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity

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