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Memento 13 - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2008 - MyArtBroker

Memento 13
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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120 x 108cm, Edition of 30, Intaglio

Medium: Intaglio
Edition size: 30
Year: 2008
Size: H 120cm x W 108cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: April 2025
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Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
April 2025
Christie's New York
United States
$11,000
$13,000
$16,000
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The value of Damien Hirst’s Memento 13 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £8,500 and £13,000. This intaglio print from 2008 has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. There have been 1 sale at auction in the last 12 months. Since its first sale on 16th April 2025, the hammer price has ranged from £5,472 in September 2028 to £9,815 in the last 12 months. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 30.

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Meaning & Analysis

Explaining why he chose to decorate a human skull with diamonds, Hirst has said: ‘I just thought, What can you pit against death?’ Indeed, the result is both beautiful and astounding in its excessiveness, transforming an image of death into a highly aestheticized object. Alongside this final image of the diamond skull, the Memento series comprises six prints of butterflies and six hyperrealist images of human skulls.

Fascinated with the concept of death, the Memento series acts as a reminder that human existence on earth is transient. The iconography of the skull is indicative of the classic subject of ‘memento mori’, with inspiration drawn from Aztec skulls and the Mexican tradition of decoration and outlook on death. Hirst explains: “You don’t like it, so you disguise it or you decorate it to make it look like something bearable – to such an extent that it becomes something else.”

  • 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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