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Follow-My-Leader - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2002 - MyArtBroker

Follow-My-Leader
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£4,700-£7,000Value Indicator

$10,000-$14,500 Value Indicator

$8,500-$13,000 Value Indicator

¥45,000-¥70,000 Value Indicator

€5,500-€8,000 Value Indicator

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¥940,000-¥1,390,000 Value Indicator

$6,500-$9,500 Value Indicator

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109 x 89cm, Edition of 68, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 68

Year: 2002

Size: H 109cm x W 89cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: July 2023

Value Trend:

-2% AAGR

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Location
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Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
July 2023
Leonard Joel, Melbourne
Australia
$1,050
$1,200
$1,500
April 2017
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
September 2012
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
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The value of Damien Hirst’s Follow-My-Leader, a signed etching from 2002, is estimated to be worth between £4,700 and £7,000. This artwork has been sold three times at auction since its initial sale on 19th September 2012. The hammer price over the past five years has varied from £1,826 in March 2019 to £6,138 in October 2020. The average annual growth rate of this piece is -2%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 68.

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Meaning & Analysis

The In A Spin, The Action Of The World Upon Things portfolio is directly inspired by Hirst’s very famous spin paintings that he began producing in 1995. These works were created with a spin machine in the artist’s studio, onto which he attached a circular canvas that he then threw paint on. These etchings were created using the same spin machine, instead with copper plates attached and sharp tools to draw the concentric circles.

The second half of the series’ title, ‘The Action Of The World On Things’ derives from a phrase the artist coined in 1999 when he was clarifying the origins of his spot paintings. He distinguished two aspects of his work: “an involvement with death and decay, and ideas and life: the action of the world on things exists somewhere, and the colour exists somewhere else. And it’s fantastic.” In A Spin, The Action Of The World Upon Things is said to unite these two elements of Hirst’s work.

  • 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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