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The Dead (lime green, island copper) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (lime green, island copper)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£3,950-£6,000Value Indicator

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41 x 30cm, Edition of 15, Foil Block

Medium: Foil Block
Edition size: 15
Year: 2009
Size: H 41cm x W 30cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: December 2017
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December 2017
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
£2,720
£3,200
£4,032
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Damien Hirst's The Dead (lime green, island copper) (signed) from 2009 is a Foil Block artwork with an estimated value between £3,950 to £6,000. This artwork has an auction history of one sale on 5th December 2017. The edition size of this work is limited to 15.

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Meaning & Analysis

The print, created in 2009, is one of thirty-one prints that form Hirst’s The Dead series. As indicated by the print’s title the central theme of the series is death. Throughout the series, Hirst depicts the same skull, yet makes each print different through the addition of colour. Hirst choses two colours, often bold and clashing, as seen in The Dead (lime green, island copper), which enliven the prints, despite their subject matter. The skull acts as a memento mori, a visual reminder of the inevitability of death. The bright and lively colours that Hirst uses throughout The Dead series contrast with the theme of death, however, Hirst explains that “you can frighten people with death or an idea of their own mortality, or it can actually give them vigour.” The use of colour in this series is an attempt from the artist to invigorate the viewer to stop fearing death.

The Dead series is not the first time Hirst has explored the theme of death in his art. From a young age, the artist was fascinated with questions of life and death. When he was sixteen, Hirst used to visit the anatomy department of Leeds Medical School where he would produce life drawings of the various bodies he encountered there.

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