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Cupric Bromide - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2012 - MyArtBroker

Cupric Bromide
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£2,650-£3,950Value Indicator

$5,500-$8,000 Value Indicator

$4,950-$7,500 Value Indicator

¥26,000-¥40,000 Value Indicator

€3,100-€4,600 Value Indicator

$28,000-$40,000 Value Indicator

¥530,000-¥790,000 Value Indicator

$3,600-$5,500 Value Indicator

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15 x 15cm, Edition of 55, Woodcut

Medium: Woodcut

Edition size: 55

Year: 2012

Size: H 15cm x W 15cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: September 2024

Value Trend:

3% AAGR

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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
September 2024
Christie's London
United Kingdom
$3,600
$4,200
$5,500
December 2017
Christie's New York
United States
December 2014
Christie's London
United Kingdom
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The value of Damien Hirst's Cupric Bromide (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,650 and £3,950. Over the past 12 months, the artwork has sold once at an average selling price of £3,200. This woodcut print from 2012 has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. This work has an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market in December 2014. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 55.

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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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