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Methamphetamine - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2004 - MyArtBroker

Methamphetamine
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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178 x 86cm, Edition of 115, Aquatint

Medium: Aquatint

Edition size: 115

Year: 2004

Size: H 178cm x W 86cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: Christie's New York - United States

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Christie's New York
United States
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April 2024
Sotheby's New York
United States
April 2024
Christie's New York
United States
October 2023
Christie's New York
United States
April 2023
Christie's New York
United States
January 2023
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
September 2022
Christie's London
United Kingdom
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Damien Hirst's Methamphetamine, a signed aquatint print from 2004, is estimated to be worth between £30,000 and £45,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 8%. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £26,424, across a total of 1 artwork sold. This artwork has an auction history of 25 total sales since its entry to the market in October 2007. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 115.

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Meaning & Analysis

Hirst’s artistic output is on a large enough scale to employ assistants across three different studios and as such, most of the Spots paintings were produced collaboratively. After painting a small number himself, Hirst created a system with a few basic rules that allowed for others to produce the Spots paintings for him. Every spot in each piece is a perfect circle, each the same size, hand-painted and arranged in a grid. The Spots paintings were ultimately about an exploration of colour combinations, with every spot on each canvas a different colour. The series therefore has become a set of works with endless possibilities and combinations.

Hirst has commented on the way in which these paintings are deceptively simple: “If you look closely at any one of these paintings, a strange thing happens: because of the lack of repeated colours there is no harmony. We are used to picking out chords of other colours to create meaning. This can’t happen. So in every painting there is a subliminal sense of unease: the colours project so much joy it’s hard to feel it, but it’s there. The horror underlying everything. The horror that can overwhelm everything at any moment.”

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