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Spirit - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

Spirit
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£5,500-£8,500Value Indicator

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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 2010
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October 2010
Ketterer Kunst Hamburg
Germany
$2,750
$3,200
$4,250
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The value of Damien Hirst's Spirit (signed) from 2009 is estimated to be worth between £5,500 and £8,500. This etching print has an auction history of one sale on 23rd October 2010. There have been no sales in the last 12 months and the artwork has not shown any increase in value over the past five years. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 45.

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Meaning & Analysis

The butterfly motif has remained prominent throughout Hirst’s career. One of Hirst’s most iconic use of butterflies was in his 1991 In and Out of Love (Butterfly Paintings and Ashtrays) installation that fixed the bodies of dead butterflies into monochrome gloss paint. The artist’s preoccupation with butterflies is rooted in the way that even when the insects are dead, they appear to be alive. Well known for his obsession with mortality, Hirst claims that his use of the butterfly motif is a symbol for the celebration of life rather than death.

It is only in the later stages of Hirst’s career that he has become interested in prints and editions. His first print portfolio was produced in 1999 and was a set of screen prints that depicted medicine bottle labels. Since his first print portfolio, Hirst has produced many prints and editions like Spirit and they are a major part of his oeuvre.

  • 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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