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The Dead (racing green, chilli red) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (racing green, chilli red)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£3,650-£5,500Value Indicator

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72 x 51cm, Edition of 15, Foil Block

Medium: Foil Block
Edition size: 15
Year: 2009
Size: H 72cm x W 51cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: June 2018
Value Trend:
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Location
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Buyer Paid
June 2018
Phillips London
United Kingdom
£2,380
£2,800
£3,500
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The value of Damien Hirst's The Dead (racing green, chilli red) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,650 and £5,500. This foil block artwork, created in 2009, has shown consistent value growth since its first sale in June 2018. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of one sale. 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. The series is composed of thirty-one prints, all in a variety of bright and bold colours. The prints all use the same skull as their focal point, and the theme of death lies at the heart of the series. The skull is a central element of Hirst’s iconography, frequently used alongside butterflies and diamonds.

Hirst has had a long-standing fascination with death. When he was sixteen, Hirst would visit the anatomy department of Leeds Medical School to draw the body parts and corpses he found there. Since the late 1980’s, when Hirst studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, Hirst has used a variety of mediums, such as installations, sculptures, paintings and drawings to explore the intricate relationship between art, life and death.

  • 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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