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Diacetoxyscirpenol - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2005 - MyArtBroker

Diacetoxyscirpenol
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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111 x 201cm, Edition of 115, Etching

Medium: Etching
Edition size: 115
Year: 2005
Size: H 111cm x W 201cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: April 2025
Value Trend:
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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
April 2025
Christie's New York
United States
£20,535
£24,159
£30,441
April 2023
Christie's New York
United States
June 2022
Phillips London
United Kingdom
January 2022
Phillips London
United Kingdom
January 2020
Phillips London
United Kingdom
June 2019
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
January 2019
Phillips London
United Kingdom
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The value of Damien Hirst's Diacetoxyscirpenol, a signed etching from 2005, is estimated to be worth between £23,000 and £35,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 9%. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £24,159, across 1 total sales. This work has a strong auction history, having been sold 14 times since its initial sale in June 2007. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 115.

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Meaning & Analysis

Stretching as far back as 1986, the Spots paintings were first displayed at the landmark group show Freeze in London’s Docklands and recur throughout Hirst’s career in a number of artistic mediums. Unlike many of the Spots paintings, this print has a limited monochrome colour palette as opposed to depicting various bright colours. More subdued, Diacetoxyscirpenol is therefore an exploration in abstraction and pattern rather than in colour.

The title of this print, along with many of the other spot paintings and prints, are based on names of chemical compounds, and indicate Hirst’s interest in investigating boundaries between science, aesthetics, medicine and art. The colourful spots are set in equal distance from one another in a formulaic composition. The white clinical backdrop of the print recalls a laboratory and its kit, alluding to the crispness of coats, benches and hospital walls. Moreover, in its depiction of many spots, this print appears like a packet of medical pills.

  • 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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