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

The Dead (silver gloss, loganberry pink)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£4,050-£6,000Value Indicator

$8,500-$12,500 Value Indicator

$7,500-$11,000 Value Indicator

¥40,000-¥60,000 Value Indicator

4,800-7,000 Value Indicator

$45,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

¥780,000-¥1,160,000 Value Indicator

$5,500-$8,000 Value Indicator

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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, loganberry pink) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,050 and £6,000. This foil block artwork, created in 2009, has shown consistent value growth since its first sale in July 2017. This work is part of a limited edition of 15 and has an auction history of two total sales. The hammer price for this artwork has not changed in the last five years, with an average annual growth rate of 2%.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
February 2023Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
July 2017Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Produced in 2009, this print is one of thirty-one prints that compose Hirst’s The Dead series. As the title of the series suggests, death is the central theme of the series. Indeed, the skull here acts as a memento mori, a visual reminder of the inevitability of death. Although death is often thought of in negative terms, Hirst’s use of bright and bold colours counters this preconception and challenges the viewer to embrace death and the reality of human mortality. As the artist explains: “you can frighten people with death or an idea of their own mortality, or it can actually give them vigour.”

From a young age, Hirst was interested in questions of life and death. When he was sixteen, Hirst would go to Leeds Medical School and visit the anatomy department to produce life drawings of the cadavers and body parts he found there.

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