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

The Dead (oriental gold, turquoise)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£4,350-£6,500Value Indicator

$9,000-$13,500 Value Indicator

$8,000-$12,000 Value Indicator

¥40,000-¥60,000 Value Indicator

5,000-7,500 Value Indicator

$45,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

¥840,000-¥1,260,000 Value Indicator

$6,000-$8,500 Value Indicator

6% AAGR

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Medium: Foil Block

Edition size: 15

Year: 2009

Size: H 41cm x W 30cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s The Dead (oriental gold, turquoise) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,350 and £6,500. This foil block artwork, created in 2009, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. The hammer price over the last 12 months has ranged from £3,700 in September 2025 to £4,250 in March 2026. This work has an auction history of four total sales since its entry to the market in June 2018. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 15.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
March 2025Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
June 2018Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The print, made in 2009, is one of thirty-one prints that form The Dead series. In this series, Hirst produces colourful skulls in order to explore the theme of death in a frank yet light-hearted way. Hirst explains, “you can frighten people with death or an idea of their own mortality, or it can actually give them vigour.” The bold use of colour throughout the series, and evidenced in The Dead (oriental gold, turquoise), reflects how Hirst wants to invigorate the viewer and encourage them to confront their own mortality.

Death has been a subject that has long fascinated Hirst. The artist rose to fame with his impressive yet provocative installation, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living which was unveiled at the Saatchi Gallery’s ‘Young British Artists’ exhibition in 1991. The installation of a 14-foot long tiger shark in a tank of formaldehyde offered a confrontational and sardonic approach to the theme of death and mortality. Hirst has continued to represent death in his artworks, through the use of skulls, dead insects and medicine.

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