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Tribulation
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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Location
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Buyer Paid
October 2024
Phillips London
United Kingdom
£2,040
£2,400
£3,048
June 2021
Phillips London
United Kingdom
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The value of Damien Hirst's Tribulation, a signed etching from 2009, is estimated to be worth between £2,450 and £3,650. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. This work has an auction history of two sales, the first on 14th June 2021 and the most recent on 25th October 2024. The hammer price in the last 12 months was £2,400, and the hammer price in the last five years has ranged from £2,400 in June 2021 to £6,000 in October 2024. The average return to the seller is £3,570. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 45.

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Meaning & Analysis

Tribulation can be viewed alongside the other etchings in Hirst’s Butterfly series. Each print in the series is dedicated to showcasing the magnificence of butterflies and their natural beauty. The butterfly has a significant symbolic heritage and has often been used as a symbol of love, regeneration, freedom, fortune, spirituality and death. Many of these symbolic uses are referenced by Hirst in the etchings’ titles.

Hirst often incorporates butterflies into his artworks and the insect has become closely associated with the artist and his visual language. Alongside skulls and diamonds, butterflies are one of the artist's most well-known motifs. Hirst was drawn to butterflies because of the way they retain an iridescent beauty even in death. Hirst argues that butterflies embody the fragility of life and are therefore a means for him to explore questions of life and death in his artworks.

  • 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.