Omelette
Omelette
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
£2,500-£3,750
$4,900-$7,500 Value Indicator
$4,450-$6,500 Value Indicator
¥23,000-¥35,000 Value Indicator
€3,000-€4,500 Value Indicator
$25,000-$35,000 Value Indicator
¥490,000-¥740,000 Value Indicator
$3,200-$4,750 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 150
Year: 1999
Size: H 108cm x W 98cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Sotheby's New York - United States | Omelette - Signed Print | |||
| September 2021 | Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | Omelette - Signed Print | |||
| May 2021 | Bonhams New York - United States | Omelette - Signed Print | |||
| May 2015 | Artcurial - France | Omelette - Signed Print | |||
| July 2013 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Omelette - Signed Print | |||
| April 2008 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Omelette - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Created in 1999 and published in an edition of 150, Omlette by Damien Hirst is part of The Last Supper series. Imitative of pharmaceutical packaging, Omelette uses a simple, limited pallet of three colours. The word ‘Omelette’ replaces the medicine name, and in place of the manufacturer's logo Hirst creates another, using his own name: ‘HirstDamien’. Some pharmaceutical descriptions and measurements remain: ‘Each tablet contains 8mg ondansetron’ sits awkwardly alongside the artwork title.
In this series Hirst takes everyday, cafeteria foods and holds them up to Christian faith and the perceived glamour of pharmaceuticals. He shows us how these medicines have become commonplace, their packaging familiar and the contents trusted. For Hirst our relationship with medicine is a belief system, very much like art or religion.
Pharmaceutical imagery, glamour and idolisation can be found early in the artist’s career in his Medicine Cabinet series. Empty medicine packaging is displayed in cabinets under titles including ‘Holidays’, ‘New York’ and ‘God’. Later, he uses similar cabinets to display brightly coloured pills and cubic zirconia.
Hirst’s ongoing questioning of human faith can be found again and again throughout his work. Signed and unnumbered (as is true of all prints in the series) this print can be considered an important piece within the artist’s catalogue raisonné.
