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Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution Signed Print

Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution

Damien Hirst

Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution
Signed Print

Name: Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution
Brand: Damien Hirst
Rating: 5 (235 reviews)

Damien Hirst

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Medium: Aquatint

Edition size: 65

Year: 2005

Size: H 97cm x W 73cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution, a signed aquatint from 2005, is estimated to be worth between £10,000 and £15,000. This work has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. This piece has an auction history of 16 total sales since its initial sale on 30th October 2006. The hammer price for this artwork has remained stable over the past five years, with the average return to the seller being £11,900. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 65.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location
December 2022	Bonhams New Bond Street	United Kingdom
February 2020	Wilson55	United Kingdom
October 2019	Tate Ward Auctions	United Kingdom
December 2018	Sotheby's New York	United States
December 2017	Christie's New York	United States
January 2017	Phillips London	United Kingdom
October 2015	Christie's New York	United States

Meaning & Analysis

Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution is a signed etching by Damien Hirst from 2005. The print shows a grid of many spots, methodically arranged and each the same size and shape. Every spot etching depicts a unique combination of colours, with every spot on the print a different colour and evoking a sense of joy.

The spot paintings and prints are some of Hirst’s most widely recognised works and recur thematically throughout his career. First emerging as a concept in 1986, the spot paintings were then displayed in the 1988 Freeze group show in London’s Dockland’s, and have spanned Hirst’s oeuvre into the 2010s. The spot paintings are crisp and formulaic in form and composition, combining the absurdity of Dadaism with a gentle mockery of the processes of pointillist painting.

The cold repetition and sterile aesthetic of Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution 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.

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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