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Cephalothin - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2007 - MyArtBroker

Cephalothin
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£6,500-£10,000Value Indicator

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100 x 88cm, Edition of 75, Etching

Medium: Etching
Edition size: 75
Year: 2007
Size: H 100cm x W 88cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: September 2024

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
September 2024
Christie's London
United Kingdom
$8,500
$10,000
$12,500
December 2017
Christie's New York
United States
April 2015
Phillips New York
United States
March 2015
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
December 2013
Ketterer Kunst Hamburg
Germany
May 2011
Bonhams Knightsbridge
United Kingdom
June 2010
Phillips New York
United States
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The value of Damien Hirst's Cephalothin (signed) is estimated to be worth between £6,500 and £10,000. This etching, created in 2007, has an auction history of 12 total sales since its entry to the market in April 2009. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £7,500 across 1 sale. Over the past five years, the average annual growth rate of this work is 1%. This artwork is part of a limited edition of 75.

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Meaning & Analysis

The methodical arrangement of spots into a tightly knit mesh, creates a composition that is bright and buzzing. The colour and arrangement appear to be seemingly random and with infinite possibilities in their display. What is notably different about this arrangement is the way in which the spots are composed in a circle, as opposed to a grid. This is indicative of the way in which Hirst explores this theme to its absolute limits, with a plethora of compositional possibilities.

Fascinated by intuitive colour choice from his days at Goldsmiths, Hirst claims that the spot paintings have removed any problems he previously had with colour, allowing him to present a perfect arrangement of colour that is never repeated. Indeed, the Spots paintings represent abstraction reduced to its most basic mechanisms: colour, form and composition. This exploration of abstraction is distinctly Hirstian.

  • 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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