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The Dead (chocolate, oriental gold) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (chocolate, oriental gold)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£4,050-£6,000Value Indicator

$8,500-$12,500 Value Indicator

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42 x 30cm, Edition of 15, Foil Block

Medium: Foil Block
Edition size: 15
Year: 2009
Size: H 42cm x W 30cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: March 2021
Value Trend:
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Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
March 2021
Christie's New York
United States
$3,400
$4,000
$5,000
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The value of Damien Hirst's The Dead (chocolate, oriental gold) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,050 and £6,000. This Foil Block artwork, created in 2009, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. This work has an auction history of one sale, which occurred on 10th March 2021. The hammer price for this sale was £2,446. This is a rare piece, part of a limited edition of 15, and would be a valuable addition to any art collection.

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Meaning & Analysis

The print, made in 2009, is part of the artist’s The Dead series. In this series, Hirst produced thirty-one prints, all of which depict a floating skull. Hirst often incorporates skulls into his artworks, with other series such as I Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am (2007) and Memento (2008) using skulls as their source of inspiration. What makes this series stand out from the others, however, is Hirst’s bold use of colour. The lively colours used throughout the series seem to clash with the theme of death as they animate the skulls, injecting them with life.

The Dead (chocolate, oriental gold) is an example of how art can be used to explore questions of life and death. For Hirst, this is something unavoidable, the artist explains, “art’s about life and it can’t really be about anything else … there isn’t anything 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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