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A Dream - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2014 - MyArtBroker

A Dream
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£10,500-£16,000Value Indicator

$22,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

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¥2,090,000-¥3,180,000 Value Indicator

$14,500-$22,000 Value Indicator

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60 x 60cm, Edition of 55, Intaglio

Medium: Intaglio
Edition size: 55
Year: 2014
Size: H 60cm x W 60cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: June 2018
Value Trend:
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Auction Results

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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
June 2018
Phillips London
United Kingdom
$10,500
$12,000
$15,000
October 2017
Sotheby's New York
United States
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The value of Damien Hirst's A Dream (signed) is estimated to be worth between £10,500 and £16,000. This intaglio print, created in 2014, has an auction history of two sales since its entry to the market on 24th October 2017. There have been no sales in the last 12 months or in the last five years. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 55.

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Meaning & Analysis

This series is highly reminiscent of Hirst’s 1991 In and Out of Love (Butterfly Paintings and Ashtrays)installation that fixed the bodies of dead butterflies into monochrome gloss paint, surrounded by overflowing ashtrays. The choice of household gloss was intended to ‘look like an accident of paint with butterflies stuck on it,’ according to the artist. This effect is reflected in A Dream that contrasts the highly realistic images of butterflies against the solid pink backdrop.

Hirst uses the butterfly motif throughout his artistic oeuvre as a ‘universal trigger.’ This motif helps the artist to explore the uncertainties at the core of human experience: love, life, death, loyalty and betrayal through unconventional media. The Love Poems series points to this exploration in its title, each of the prints attributed with a poetic or affectionate title like She Walks in Beauty or Longing.

  • 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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