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Tracey Emin — An Insane desire For you
Tracey Emin

An Insane desire For you

2019

"An Insane Desire For You" is a raw and emotionally charged acrylic painting by Tracey Emin, created in 2019, in which her characteristic gestural brushwork conveys an intense sense of longing and vulnerability. The work features Emin's signature expressive figuration, with loosely rendered forms that blur the boundary between body and emotion, rendered in a visceral palette that amplifies the work's confessional urgency. True to her deeply autobiographical practice, the painting lays bare the consuming and sometimes overwhelming nature of desire, inviting the viewer into an intimate and unguarded emotional space.

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
Signed
Yes

Notes

Execution: Painted in 2019, in the United Kingdom. Literature: Tracey Emin, David Dawson and Jennifer Higgie, Tracey Emin: Paintings, London, 2024, pp. 171, 341 (illustrated, p. 171) Exhibition History: Art Projects Ibiza, Tracey Emin, An Insane Desire For You, 17 June-1 October 2019

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Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

March 5, 2026

Estimate: $600,000$800,000

Sold: $774,000

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Tracey Emin, An Insane desire For you, 2019

"An Insane Desire For You" is a raw and emotionally charged acrylic painting by Tracey Emin, created in 2019, in which her characteristic gestural brushwork conveys an intense sense of longing and vulnerability. The work features Emin's signature expressive figuration, with loosely rendered forms that blur the boundary between body and emotion, rendered in a visceral palette that amplifies the work's confessional urgency. True to her deeply autobiographical practice, the painting lays bare the consuming and sometimes overwhelming nature of desire, inviting the viewer into an intimate and unguarded emotional space.

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
183 x 183 cm
Year
2019
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Intimate, Red and Black, Bold, Acrylic On Canvas, Raw, Text-Based, Expressionism, Emotional, British, Contemporary

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Hamilton Selway Gallery