FOR SHOPPING SHOP LUCAS AND EMIN/DEFINETLY (sic) NOT A LEVEL STUDENTS. UNIQUE WORK 1993. WITH ADDITIONAL HANDWRITTEN SIGNED TEXT BY EMIN.

7.5 x 12.7cm, red felt tip pen on card (probably in Sarah Lucas’ hand) and address label with text: “Lucas & Emin/103 Bethnal Green Road/London E2/071 729 2212.”; On the reverse in blue ink Tracey Emin has written “DEFINETLY (sic) NOT A LEVEL STUDENTS” and signed it Emin & Lucas. For six months in 1993, Sarah Lucas and Tracey Emin rented a retail space in East London where they made artworks, ranging from cardboard signs and printed mugs to T-shirts with slogans and ashtrays, and put them on sale. The space was known as `The Shop` and has become a famous event in the history of the YBAs. This is one of the small text works on card produced by the pair and sent out to potential clients and friends as mail art. Unique and very rare item.

750 uk pounds