And me

I didn't realise how big these were in the mailer! If you have the wall space all 10 framed (5x2) would look great.

I definitely don't understand repelling artwork and will not tolerate overpaying for prints based on an artist's name, especially from Counter Editions. Her text art is the only art of hers that is aesthetically pleasing. The figurative work lacks any skill and is downright monstrous. It definitely is expressive and probably is honest work, but anyone would be very brave or consider themselves to be complex souls to hang these. I for one am not. I'm a simpleton who enjoys beauty.

Hurt heart was the first to jump in price probably as it the one chosen for the show poster and the least bad one

Great corner Coach, I need a rejig and trip to the framers. I have both unframed pah.

I hope no one takes offense. I use the word 'idiots' lovingly like I do with my family.

Don't forget your wellies...

I think part of the cost on these is actually because they're lithograph. It's great that the artist paints directly onto plates that are used for the printing. (Rather than a photographic process from a painting to make a screen, etc.)
The end quality is like an original ink painting (nearly). Much nicer than a screen print.

Her work is out of my price range now though... which is a bit annoying.

I love Emin's work, but there has been a lot of self portrait work in a short space of time IMO and a price hike as well, and those two things combined could be why the three released today haven't sold out super quickly. I had one in my basket but was too slow to get it at 6k with discount so backed out myself too.

In terms of price, the previous set of 2020 self portraits were 55.5 x 45.5 cm and started at around 4k but many of the best ones were up to 8k from memory when they went on general sale. Lots had been pre-bought already, presumably by VIPS. The nicest ones sold out at top tier of 12k(9.6k with discount) on day one, meaning the gallery probably regretted their pricing or at least wondered if they should have made tier one more expensive.

Fast forward two years and Emin is as popular as ever with a new show launching this weekend in Margate to help sell the prints. These prints are bigger at 94 x 74 cm and so they have tried to price them with a significant increase. However, death as a subject matter is not universally appealing and some of these to my eyes are very dark even compared to the previous self portraits. Once you get to five figures you can buy a lot of Emin work on the secondary market at around this price(10-15k), so I think only some of this suite of 10 will sell out this week.

Others may follow suit once people have seen the exhibition but its quite a difference spending 3/4/5k on an Emin you know you can likely sell at a profit or breakeven easily, compared with a big outlay like 10k.

There are still bargains out there to be had.. 
I don't normally share prices, £1000 paid.
The pink is fantastic!!
Signed edition of 55.

My first Emin too.. 👍

I love this. Part of the RA portfolio from 1996 or something like that?