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The Dead (silver gloss, chocolate) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (silver gloss, chocolate)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£4,250-£6,500Value Indicator

$9,000-$14,000 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

¥800,000-¥1,230,000 Value Indicator

$5,500-$8,500 Value Indicator

14% AAGR

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Medium: Foil Block

Edition size: 15

Year: 2009

Size: H 72cm x W 51cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's The Dead (silver gloss, chocolate) is estimated to be worth between £4,250 to £6,500. This signed foil block artwork, created in 2009, has shown consistent value growth, with an auction history of one sale in November 2020. The hammer price for this work in the last five years has varied from £3,125 in November 2019 to £6,250 in November 2020. The average annual growth rate of this piece is 18% and the edition size is limited to 15.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
November 2020Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The print, made in 2009, is one of thirty-one prints that compose The Dead series. As indicated by the title of the series, death is the central theme that runs throughout the prints. The skull functions as a memento mori, a symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. Hirst attempts to use his art to explore questions of life and death, as well as other dualities such as desire and fear, love and loss, beauty and decay.

Hirst was fascinated by the way in which death was a taboo subject, something ‘unacceptable’ that people did not want to think or talk about. His use of the skull, a universally recognised symbol to represent death, reflects how he tackles the subject matter in a frank and direct manner, encouraging the viewer not to fear death but to embrace its inevitability.

  • 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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