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Phlegyas
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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75 x 75cm, Edition of 50, Lenticular

Medium: Lenticular
Edition size: 50
Year: 2016
Size: H 75cm x W 75cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: October 2024
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October 2024
Phillips London
United Kingdom
£4,080
£4,800
£6,096
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The value of Damien Hirst's Phlegyas (signed) from 2016 is estimated to be worth between £4,200 and £6,500. This lenticular artwork has shown consistent value growth and has an auction history of one sale on 25th October 2024. The average annual growth rate of this work is 4%. The hammer price of this work during the last five years has remained consistent. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of one sale. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 50.

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Meaning & Analysis

Phlegyas is part of Hirst’s Entomology Works series, a series of prints which are made using the advanced lenticular printing technique. The lenticular technique creates the illusion of depth, making the insects stand out from the print, appearing to be multi-dimensional. The prints in the series are each named after phases and characters in Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, a long Italian narrative poem from the 12th century.

Hirst has often explored using insects in his artworks, and they have become a trademark feature of the artist’s visual language. Other works which feature insects are the Kaleidoscope Paintings, in which hundreds of butterflies are arranged into spectacular kaleidoscope patterns. Hirst was drawn to insects because to capture the fragility of life and can be used to explore themes of life and death which interest the artist greatly. Hirst argues that insects are beautiful, even when they are dead, which makes these prints both “beautiful and horrific at the same time.”

  • 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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