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The Dead (racing green, raven black) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (racing green, raven black)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£4,450-£6,500Value Indicator

$9,000-$13,500 Value Indicator

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5,000-7,500 Value Indicator

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¥880,000-¥1,290,000 Value 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: March 2025
Value Trend:
-6% AAGR

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Location
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Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
March 2025
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
$4,950
$6,000
$7,500
October 2011
Ketterer Kunst Hamburg
Germany
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The value of Damien Hirst's The Dead (racing green, raven black) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,450 and £6,500. This foil block artwork, created in 2009, has an auction history of two total sales since its entry to the market on 29th October 2011. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £4,500, across a total of 1 artwork sold. Over the past five years, the average annual growth rate of this piece is -6%, with an average return to the seller of £3,825. This work is part of a limited edition of 15.

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Meaning & Analysis

The print, which was made in 2009, is part of the artist’s The Dead series. The series is composed of thirty-one prints, all of which show the same image of a skull. Hirst enlivens the skull through his use of colour, ensuring that no two skulls in the series have the same combination of colours. While some prints in the series opt for more subtle colours, such as The Dead (silver gloss, gunmetal), prints like The Dead (loganberry pink, lime green) are composed of bold, contrasting colours. The colours in The Dead (racing green, raven black) are quite dark, unlike some of the brighter prints in the series.

The central theme of The Dead series is, as the title indicates, death. Hirst often explores the relationship between life, death and art in his works. The artist is renowned for his use of skulls in his artworks, as well as his incorporation of dead insects and animals.

  • 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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