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Mescaline
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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57 x 57cm, Edition of 100, Lenticular

Medium: Lenticular
Edition size: 100
Year: 2014
Size: H 57cm x W 57cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: October 2021
Value Trend:
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Location
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Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
October 2021
Wright
United States
£10,367
£12,196
£15,245
May 2021
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
November 2020
Tate Ward Auctions
United Kingdom
April 2016
Phillips New York
United States
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The value of Damien Hirst’s Mescaline, a signed Lenticular artwork from 2014, is estimated to be worth between £11,000 and £17,000. This piece has shown consistent value growth, with an auction history of four total sales since its entry to the market in April 2016. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £8,000 in November 2020 to £12,196 in October 2021. The average annual growth rate of this work is 13% and the edition size is limited to 100.

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Meaning & Analysis

The Spots paintings are amongst Hirst’s most broadly recognised works. Stretching as far back as 1986, the Spot paintings recur thematically throughout Hirst’s career in a number of mediums and were first displayed at the landmark group show Freeze in London’s Docklands. As with other spot works on paper, Mescaline delivers stark, cynical satire using a visual language that is, on the surface, joyous and carefree. This work also uses movement as a means to communicate its meaning.

Discussing the aesthetic of the Spots paintings, Hirst has proclaimed “I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer. I love colour. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz.” At his best, Hirst packs multiple layers into the seemingly simple and Mescaline is no exception. The print recalls the absurdity of Dada and gently mocks the processes of pointillism.

  • 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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