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Prosperity
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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47 x 39cm, Edition of 45, Etching

Medium: Etching
Edition size: 45
Year: 2009
Size: H 47cm x W 39cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: October 2024

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October 2024
Phillips London
United Kingdom
£2,720
£3,200
£4,064
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The value of Damien Hirst's Prosperity (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,500 and £3,750. This etching print, created in 2009, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This work has an auction history of one sale on 25th October 2024, with the hammer price of £3,200. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 45.

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Meaning & Analysis

Prosperity is part of the Butterfly series, a collection of etchings by Hirst which are all inspired by the natural beauty of the butterfly. Each print shows the impressive detail of the butterfly’s wings and being set against a black background gives the impression that the butterflies are encased in a collection. The butterfly is an insect that has been used as a symbol of love, regeneration, freedom, fortune, spirituality and death. Many of these symbolic uses are referenced in the etchings’ titles. The title of this print refers to how butterflies have been used as a symbol of good fortune.

The butterfly has become closely associated with Hirst and his visual language. Alongside skulls and diamonds, butterflies are one of the artist's most well-known motifs. Hirst’s most iconic use of butterflies was arguably in 1991, when the artist produced an installation butterflies emerged from pupae attached to white painted canvases kept in a humid exhibition room.

  • Damien Hirst, born in Bristol in 1965, is often hailed the enfant terrible of the contemporary art world. His provocative works challenge conventions and his conceptual brilliance spans installations, paintings, and sculptures, often exploring themes of mortality and the human experience. As a leading figure of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement in the late '80s, Hirst's work has dominated the British art scene for decades and has become renowned for being laced with controversy, thus shaping the dialogue of modern art.

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