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The Dead (Imperial purple, silver gloss) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2014 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (Imperial purple, silver gloss)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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72 x 51cm, Edition of 15, Foil Block

Medium: Foil Block
Edition size: 15
Year: 2014
Size: H 72cm x W 51cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: March 2022

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Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
March 2022
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
$6,000
$7,000
$9,000
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The value of Damien Hirst's The Dead (Imperial purple, silver gloss) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,100 and £6,000. This foil block artwork, created in 2014, has an auction history of one sale on 15th March 2022. The average annual growth rate for this work is 3%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of one sale on 15th March 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 15.

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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 skull. Variety in the series comes from the artist’s creative use of colour, with no two prints using the same colour scheme. The skull is a universally recognised symbol used to represent death. Death is a central theme of Hirst’s artworks, as exemplified in this series. Speaking on the prevalence of death in his art, Hirst explained “you can frighten people with death or an idea of their own mortality, or it can actually give them vigour.” The use of bold colours in these prints is an attempt to enliven the viewer and prevent them from viewing death in such a negative way.

The Dead (imperial purple, silver gloss) along with the other prints in The Dead series are similar to those in I Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am (2007), Memento (2008) and For The Love of God (2007-2015). This series, however, is much more colourful than its counterparts.

  • 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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