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Untitled Woodcut
By Tracey Emin
Woodcut on newspaper
c.1984
60 x 41 cm
A rare and compelling early work by Tracey Emin, this piece captures the raw immediacy and emotional force that would come to define her later practice. Executed in woodcut on newspaper, the piece is a good-sized composition for such an early experimental work. The print already reveals hallmarks of Emin’s enduring visual language: expressive, almost primitive figuration; a sense of vulnerability; and a direct engagement with the human form. Its use of newspaper as a support underscores the transient, everyday materials that Emin would later revisit, while the graphic, tactile surface hints at the emotive directness central to her practice. Newly framed with UV-protective art glass, this rare piece offers a compelling insight into Emin’s evolving style, standing as both a document of artistic experimentation.
