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Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

YOUNG BRITISH ARTISTS

YBAs = provocative. The collective of artists who came up in London in the late 1980s and early ’90s — commonly referred to as the Young British Artists (YBAs) — have made their indelible mark on the art world and continue to produce work that both challenges the viewer and seduces collectors the world over.

Damien Hirst played the role of pioneer in 1988 by organizing “Freeze,” the first of several artist-curated group shows held in abandoned warehouses across London. Most of the artists participating in these early exhibitions — among them Sarah Lucas, Gary Hume, Liam Gillick, Mat Collishaw, Sam Taylor-Wood (now generating more buzz for her directorial work on the film 50 Shades of Grey), and Hirst himself — were graduates of Goldsmiths, University of London. The group’s sophisticated maturity and confidence in presenting Conceptual art with shock appeal, such as Collishaw’s Bullet Hole, a photograph that offers a disturbingly gruesome close-up of a man’s fatal wound, left a lasting impression with Charles Saatchi and other art world stalwarts.

From the beginning, Hirst was fascinated by such epic themes as death and immortality and sought to express them through unconventional, powerful gestures; his early works include A Thousand Years, 1990, in which flies feed on a bloody cow head, breed and die by electrocution within a large glass vitrine, and The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991, his Jaws-inspired suspension of a great white shark in formaldehyde. Following in the footsteps of artists ranging from Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons, Hirst was inspired by mundane objects from daily life, incorporating them into his works, most famously his "Medicine Cabinets" filled with brightly packaged pills.

Notoriously dubbed an “enfant terrible” of the art world, Tracey Emin once printed a photo of Damien Hirst, stuck it on the bottom of an ashtray, and sold it as a piece of art. Represented by 1stDibs’ Lehmann Maupin Gallery since the late 1990s, Emin was a Turner Prize finalist in 1998 for My Bed, an installation showcasing her disheveled bed covered in underwear, used condoms and other debris. Overt sexuality and the emotional dynamics of love and sex have persisted as themes throughout her career, seen across the neon artworks for which she is most famous.

YBAs have never shied from using non-traditional materials or tackling controversial subject matter. Chris Ofili, a racially charged painter who re-appropriates biblical and mythological iconography, found the spotlight in 1999 when then-New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani publicly criticized the artist’s monumental depiction of an eroticized black Madonna, entitled The Holy Virgin Mary, baring a breast composed of elephant dung and surrounded by images of female genitalia. Marc Quinn reimagined the self-portrait in 1991 by casting a frozen sculpture of his head with his own blood and maintaining it in a refrigerated vitrine as if on life-support. More recently, Quinn has elicited strong reactions from a series of studies and sculptures of supermodel Kate Moss in a contorted, god-like pose.

Below, we invite you to browse our collection of original works by Hirst, Emin, Quinn, Collishaw and other YBAs — a group that knew not only how to provoke and self-promote but to create works that continue to resonate today.

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Style: Young British Artists (YBA)
Pyramus and Thisbe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Pyramus and Thisbe Etching, c.1906 Signed along bottom edge in pencil "Augustus E John" Edition: 25 Reference: Dodgson 91 ii/II Condition: Excellent Plate: 5 1/8 x 4" (13.02 x 10.16 ...
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Early 1900s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Stain (Venice Biennial), limited edition with pencil signed envelope
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin The Stain, 2007 Mini booklet; stitched binding; digitally printed, accompanied by pencil signed envelope 4 1/2 × 3 3/5 inches Edition of 100 (unnumbered) pencil signed by...
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Early 2000s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Offset

The Beginning of Me - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
Located in Zug, CH
The Beginning of Me - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait 3 Colour screenprint on cotton fabric Edition of 175 52 x 46 cm (20.5 x 18 in) S...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Screen

A Journey To Death (Portfolio of 10) -Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph
Located in Zug, CH
Tracey Emin A Journey To Death (Portfolio of 10) 2021 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400 gsm 94 × 74 cm (37 × 29.1 in) Each signed, numbered and dated by the artis...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

These Feelings Were True II - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait
Located in Zug, CH
These Feelings Were True II- Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signed, numbe...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Then I wasn’t Alone Life was here, (from A Journey to Death) - Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Then I wasn’t Alone Life was here, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

These Feelings Were True - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Blue
Located in Zug, CH
I Couldn't Tell Anyone I Loved You - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signe...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

And This was me A Thousand Years, (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, Emin
Located in Zug, CH
And This was me A Thousand Years Ago, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condit...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

After The Shadow - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
Located in Zug, CH
After The Shadow - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signed,...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Best Conversation I ever had – Laughter, (from A Journey to Death) - Emin
Located in Zug, CH
The Best Conversation I ever had – Laughter, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

No! This is sad, (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, YBAs, Emin
Located in Zug, CH
No! This is sad, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition With certificate ...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Over and Out - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Black, Portrait
Located in Zug, CH
Over and Out - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Black, Portrait 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signed, nu...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A Feeling of Shock (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, YBAs, Emin
Located in Zug, CH
A Feeling of Shock, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition With certifica...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Me - May 2019 - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Blue
Located in Zug, CH
Me - May 2019 - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Blue 2 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 55,5 x 45,5 cm (21.9 x 17.9 in) Signed, nu...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Even Saying Nothing Is a Lie, (from A Journey to Death) - Litograph, YBA, Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Even Saying Nothing Is a Lie, (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition With...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Blue Madonna - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Black
Located in Zug, CH
Blue Madonna - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Portrait, Black 3 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Edition of 50 65,5 x 55,5 cm (25.8 x 21.9 in) Signed, nu...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Life Will never be The Same (Nor should it), (from A Journey to Death) - Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Life Will never be The Same (Nor should it), (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Crying – Shouting – Screaming – Was Not going to help me Live - Emin
Located in Zug, CH
Crying – Shouting – Screaming – Was Not going to help me Live (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by t...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Hurt Heart (from A Journey to Death) - Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph
Located in Zug, CH
Hurt Heart (from A Journey To Death), 2021 Colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition With certificate of aut...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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These Feelings Were True -Emin, Contemporary, YBAs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait
Located in Zug, CH
These Feelings Were True - Tracey Emin, Contemporary, Young British Artiststs, Lithograph, Blue, Portrait, Limited Edition 2 colour lithographs on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400gsm (Poprtfolio of 8) Edition 25 of 50, the full Set is offered in matching edition numbers Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher with the original cardboard portfolio Published by Counter Editions Please note: images are for illustrative purposes only, the edition number offered is 25 of 50 Tracey Emin's new set of 8 lithographs depicting herself are incredibly personal auto portraits and revelatory. Viewed almost as an intimate tiny sketchbook of herself, a visual diary. These editions are great examples of Emin's radical painting style which has been influenced by Expressionism. These works showcase universal feelings, raw and bittersweet emotions, which are Emin’s constant subject surrounded around the idea of love, loss, intimacy, and longing. In making herself the subject of her work, and concentrating intensely on figuration, Emin creates bridges with the rich art-historical tradition of the female figure and female nudes. She shows strong emotive force in these pictures, as seen for example in the work of male painters Munch and Schiele, which Emin admires and studied throughout her artistic oeuvre. Emin has said that “when I saw that these portraits did not look like me, I then realized I was actually drawing how I felt inside my head. An expression of myself in different moments, and this idea doing a few of them would be very honest and will be really free… the idea is how I am feeling.” When referencing her previous portraiture practice, Emin said “I would put my face in the work and then I would black it out, it is too much for me to have me in the work, and now it is so weird, I am thinking that it is time for me to start having an entrance to my work. Because I have a good reason to do it. I should be celebrating me as a person and things that make me, me.” TRACEY EMIN A prominent member of the Young British Artists (YBAs), Tracey Emin´s production encompasses different mediums including film, painting, neon, embroidery, drawing, writing, installation and sculpture. Her work is intensely personal, revealing intimate details of her life with honesty and humour. "There should be something revelatory about art. It should be totally creative and open doors for new thoughts and experiences."—Tracey Emin Tracey Emin uses all aspects of her life in her art, turning her autobiography into broader statements about sex, love, death, freedom, and everyday life. This audacious and confessional approach earned her a nomination for the Turner Prize in 1999. The artist received notable acclaim, among others, for her installation My Bed, featuring her unmade bed surrounded...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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Located in Surfside, FL
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I loved my Innocence - Tracey Emin, Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph
Located in Zug, CH
I loved my Innocence - Tracey Emin, Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Portrait 1 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet Warm White 400 gsm Edition of 200 76 x 60 cm (29.9 x 23.6 ...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

But Yea
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tracy Emin (born 1963 in Croydon) 'But Yea' United Kingdom, 2015 Offset lithograph in colors on silk finish paper Edition of 500 Signed in silver ink on lower right, recto Published ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Offset

But Yea
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in
Afro Lunar Lovers
Located in Hamburg, DE
Chris Ofili (Manchester 1968 – lives in London) 'Afro Lunar Lovers' Giclee, embossed on paper, gold leaf hand applied by the artist Edition of 350 Signed, dated, titled and numbered in gold ink on recto Published by Afroco and Victoria Miro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Giclée

More of You - Limited Edition Lithograph 40 of 100
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tracey Emin’s art is one of disclosure, using her life events as inspiration for works ranging from painting, drawing, video and installation, to photography, needlework and sculptur...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Eight Reclining Figures with Architectural Background
Located in London, GB
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986 Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British) Title: Eight Reclining Figures with Architectural Background, 1963 Technique: Original hand signed Lithograp...
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1960s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

London Fields
Located in New York, NY
2012, linocut, 52 3/4 x 38 1/4 inches, edition of 56
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21st Century and Contemporary Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Prints

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Linocut

London Fields
H 52.75 in W 38.25 in

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Find a wide variety of authentic Young British Artists (YBA) figurative prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Tracey Emin, Gary Hume, Damien Hirst, and Augustus Edwin John. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Linocut and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Young British Artists (YBA) figurative prints, so small editions measuring 3.6 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $750 and tops out at $214,080, while the average work sells for $21,842.

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