'Everybody Needs a Place to Think', Cotton handkerchief, Limited Ed, 2002.
(Complete set-handkerchief, invitation and presentation box) While event-goers were able to keep the handkerchief, they gave up their invitations on arrival, making this set of both Presentation box, invitation and handkerchief more rare.
Displays well in a black frame
Artist : Tracey Emin RA
TITLE : 'Everybody Needs a Place to Think', 2002 Boxed together with the invitation to the VIP launch party of BBC Four.
Medium : Screenprint on handkerchief, signed and dated in plate, from an edition of 1500, together with the invitation to the VIP launch party of BBC Four signed Tracey.X. (3 original and authentic pieces that celebrate the BBC4 launch 2002).
Edition : One of 1500 (in a complete set)
Screen Print Dimensions - 53 x 53.5cm.
Box and Invitation Card Dimensions – 14 x 14 cm
Provenance – BBC Radio4 Down Load: Friday, 1 February, 2002, 20:18 GMT - Tracey Emin promotes BBC Four.
Historical Auctioneers’ accreditation (both included in the sale).
Condition Report - Printed on loose cotton handkerchief, with original creases from being folded within a box. Box in good original condition with original seal. The BBC logoed paper Invitation is in retained good condition.
Postage – Due to varying geographical locations, additional fees apply
About the Art and the Artist.
Friday, 1 February, 2002, 20:18 GMT - Tracey Emin promotes BBC Four.
Artist Tracey Emin, recently described as someone who "could not think her way out of a paper bag", has designed the invitations to the launch of the new digital channel BBC Four.
The BBC Corporation is sending out 1,500 handkerchiefs adorned with Emins designs to promote its new arts and cultural channel.
Recipients will be invited to the launch party, which will take place in a former rug factory in east London on 28 February.
Emin was commissioned by the BBC to create a gift to accompany the VIP invitation to the launch party of BBC Four.
The invitations take the form of a small brown cardboard box containing a card, with the Emin-designed handkerchief tied round it.
On it, Emin has written: "BBC Four: Everybody needs a place to think."
The invitation card says: "Please bring this invite with you otherwise you're not going to get in, love Tracey."
The gift invitation includes printed text by Tracey Emin in her recognisable handwriting with the instructions, 'Please bring This invitation with you/otherwise, you're not going to get in/Love Tracey X'.
While event-goers were able to keep the handkerchief, they gave up their invitations on arrival, making this set of both Presentation box, invitation and handkerchief more rare.
