Curare
Curare
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
£8,500-£12,500
$17,000-$25,000 Value Indicator
$15,000-$22,000 Value Indicator
¥80,000-¥110,000 Value Indicator
€10,000-€15,000 Value Indicator
$80,000-$120,000 Value Indicator
¥1,630,000-¥2,390,000 Value Indicator
$10,500-$15,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Woodcut
Edition size: 55
Year: 2011
Size: H 46cm x W 46cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
| December 2020 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
| December 2020 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
| April 2019 | Phillips New York | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
Curare is a woodcut print from Damien Hirst’s 40 Woodcut Spots series. This square composition is an example of Hirst’s fascination with exploring colour, showing four spots identical in size and shape. Each spot is a different colour and every print in the series represents a unique set of colour combinations.
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.”
