Description
Tracey Emin (b.1963)
Docket the Cat (Monotype)
Monotype drawing, graphite and ink on wove paper, 2002, signed, titled, dedicated and dated in pencil, sheet 210 x 297mm (8 1/4 x 11 3/4in) (framed)
Framed dimensions: 26.5 x 34.5cm
Provenance:
A gift from the artist to the present owner.
Docket is the name of Emin’s beloved cat who was a prominent feature in her life and work for nineteen years, up until 2020. "I never knew I could love an animal so much, but it is a joining of souls", she has been quoted. Emin was gifted Docket by her boyfriend of the time, fellow artist and member of the Young British Artists movement (YBAs), Mat Collishaw.
Companion and muse in equal measure, Docket has been immortalized through a variety of media, from prints to drawings to sculpture. In the present work, Emin breathes life into her feline friend through her lively draughtsmanship and the immediacy of her monotype process, whereby a pencil drawing is printed in reverse on the overleaf of the same sheet. This technique seems aptly suited to an artist for whom spontaneity and a confessional tone are intrinsic to her acclaim.
Description
Tracey Emin (b.1963)
Docket the Cat (Monotype)
Monotype drawing, graphite and ink on wove paper, 2002, signed, titled, dedicated and dated in pencil, sheet 210 x 297mm (8 1/4 x 11 3/4in) (framed)
Framed dimensions: 26.5 x 34.5cm
Provenance:
A gift from the artist to the present owner.
Docket is the name of Emin’s beloved cat who was a prominent feature in her life and work for nineteen years, up until 2020. "I never knew I could love an animal so much, but it is a joining of souls", she has been quoted. Emin was gifted Docket by her boyfriend of the time, fellow artist and member of the Young British Artists movement (YBAs), Mat Collishaw.
Companion and muse in equal measure, Docket has been immortalized through a variety of media, from prints to drawings to sculpture. In the present work, Emin breathes life into her feline friend through her lively draughtsmanship and the immediacy of her monotype process, whereby a pencil drawing is printed in reverse on the overleaf of the same sheet. This technique seems aptly suited to an artist for whom spontaneity and a confessional tone are intrinsic to her acclaim.
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