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Throw it Around - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2002 - MyArtBroker

Throw it Around
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£1,500-£2,200Value Indicator

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$2,800-$4,100 Value Indicator

¥14,500-¥21,000 Value Indicator

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124 x 104cm, Edition of 68, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 68

Year: 2002

Size: H 124cm x W 104cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: July 2023

Value Trend:

-1% AAGR

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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
July 2023
Leonard Joel, Melbourne
Australia
$1,700
$2,050
$2,550
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Damien Hirst's Throw it Around (signed) from 2002, an etching print, is estimated to be worth between £1,500 and £2,200. This artwork has an auction history of one sale on 19th July 2023. The hammer price for this work has shown a minimal decrease in value, with an average annual growth rate of -1%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 68.

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Meaning & Analysis

To create the In A Spin, The Action Of The World On Things, Hirst attached copper plates to a spin machine in his studio, drawing on them with sharp tools as the machine rotated. The use of the rotating machine is reminiscent of the optical experiments of the Dada artist Marcel Duchamp from the 1920s and ’30s. While Duchamp used motorised spinning devices to create optical illusions, Hirst instead uses a spin machine towards aesthetic and expressionistic ends.

Hirst first produced the original spin paintings in 1993 at the curator Joshua Compston’s mock parish fair, ‘A Fete Worse than Death.’ Hirst performed at this show alongside other artists like Tracey Emin and Gary Hume, disguising himself as a clown. Together with Angus Fairhurst, Hirst made spin paintings using a rotating machine, allowing visitors to participate and create their own artworks.

  • 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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