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Curare - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2011 - MyArtBroker

Curare
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£7,000-£10,000Value Indicator

$14,500-$21,000 Value Indicator

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46 x 46cm, Edition of 55, Woodcut

Medium: Woodcut
Edition size: 55
Year: 2011
Size: H 46cm x W 46cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: February 2025
Value Trend:
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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
February 2025
Christie's New York
United States
$7,000
$8,500
$10,500
December 2020
Sotheby's New York
United States
April 2019
Phillips New York
United States
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The value of Damien Hirst's Curare (signed) is estimated to be worth between £7,000 and £10,000. This woodcut print was created in 2011 and has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 2%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 55. This work has a strong auction history, having been sold 3 times at auction since its initial sale in April 2019. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £6,696, across a total of 1 work. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £5,185 in December 2020 to £6,696 in February 2025. The average return to the seller over the past five years has been £5,049.

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Meaning & Analysis

The 40 Woodcut Spots series is representative of a vast body of work in Hirst’s oeuvre that has become iconic to his name. There are over 1000 spot paintings in existence, dating from 1988 to 2011, where Hirst has produced an average of 60 spot paintings a year. The grid formula for these paintings is the basis for an endless series where Hirst can infinitely explore harmonious and contrasting colour combinations.

Fascinated by intuitive colour choice from his days at Goldsmiths, Hirst claims that the spot paintings have removed any problems he previously had with colour, allowing him to present a perfect arrangement of colour that is never repeated. Hirst explains that, “mathematically, with the spot paintings, I probably discovered the most fundamentally important thing in any kind of art. Which is the harmony of where colour can exist on its own, interacting with other colours in a perfect format.”

  • 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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