Oleoylsarcosine
Oleoylsarcosine
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
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Medium: Etching
Edition size: 100
Year: 2008
Size: H 74cm x W 55cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Van Ham Fine Art Auctions | Germany | |||
| June 2021 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| January 2021 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| January 2020 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| November 2018 | Phillips Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |||
| December 2014 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| December 2014 | Ketterer Kunst Hamburg | Germany |
Meaning & Analysis
Oleoylsarcosine is an etching by Damien Hirst from 2008 that is in a hundred unique variants. Each print is signed by the artist on the front and inscribed with a Damien Hirst archive number on the reverse side. Hirst’s spot paintings and prints are amongst the artist’s most widely recognised works of his career.
Each etching in the hundred variants of Oleoylsarcosine is unique as the colour treatment of the 48 spots in each print is different. The series for Hirst encompasses the simple rule that no colour must appear twice in any of the spot prints, and further extends this to the rule that no two prints from this edition should be the same.
The titles from this series are taken randomly from the chemical company Sigma-Aldrich’s catalogue ‘Biochemicals for Research and Diagnostic Reagents’ that Hirst first encountered in the early 1990s. Oleoylsarcosine is one of a number of fatty acids used as an ingredient in personal care and cosmetic products. The grid formula is integral to the endless potential that Hirst’s spot paintings hold and allow for a rational and precise exploration of colour combinations.
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.