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Cupric Bromide
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£3,000-£4,500Value Indicator

$6,000-$9,500 Value Indicator

$5,500-$8,500 Value Indicator

¥29,000-¥45,000 Value Indicator

3,550-5,500 Value Indicator

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7% AAGR

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Medium: Woodcut

Edition size: 55

Year: 2012

Size: H 15cm x W 15cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Cupric Bromide (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,000 and £4,500. This woodcut print, created in 2012, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 7%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market on 4th December 2014. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £3,200, across one sale. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 55.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2024Christie's London United Kingdom
December 2017Christie's New York United States
December 2014Christie's London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The cold repetition and sterile aesthetic of the 40 Woodcut Spots series is reminiscent of Hirst’s early pill cabinet works such as The Void from 2000. Both works evoke a sense of endless sameness and directly allude to the realms of medicine and science. Indeed, the chemical name of each print in this series evokes a nondescript powder or pill that is abstract in its scientific mode.

In its depiction of many spots, methodically arranged, this print appears like a packet of medical pills, further exacerbated by the print’s title. Cupric Bromide is formulaic and crisp in form, evoking a lack of human or artistic touch. Indeed, for many of the spot paintings throughout his career, Hirst employed assistants to produce them. This was part of the artist’s aims towards creating works that appear to have been produced mechanically, despite the way in which these prints and paintings are painstaking and laborious to produce.

  • 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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