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Lavender Baby
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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76 x 50cm, Edition of 68, Aquatint

Medium: Aquatint
Edition size: 68
Year: 2002
Size: H 76cm x W 50cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: May 2019
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May 2019
Clars Auction Gallery
United States
$1,550
$1,800
$2,250
June 2010
Phillips New York
United States
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Damien Hirst's Lavender Baby (signed) from 2002, an aquatint print, is estimated to be worth between £2,350 and £3,500. This artwork has been sold twice at auction since its initial sale on 7th June 2010. The current average annual growth rate is not available. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 68.

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Meaning & Analysis

Lavender Baby is directly related to Hirst’s famed spin paintings, produced with a rotating canvas attached to a spin machine, onto which he poured paint. This series of etchings was produced with copper plates attached to the machine with the spiral lines drawn with needles, screwdrivers, and other sharp tools as they spun. The process of creating these works became a performance-like ritual that continued for numerous days.

Hirst used a mixture of soft and hard ground etching to create this work, which is how the painterly splashes appear on its surface against the stricter circling lines. Also notable to this series of prints is that Hirst writes on the plates, inscribing them with titles, dates and his signature. The writing appears child-like and misshapen due to the fact that Hirst inscribed the letters onto the copperplate backwards, so that when printed they can be read from left to right.

  • 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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