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The Souls On Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight

The Souls On Jacob's Ladder 6 Signed Print

The Souls On Jacob's Ladder 6

Damien Hirst

The Souls On Jacob's Ladder 6
Signed Print

Name: The Souls On Jacob's Ladder 6
Brand: Damien Hirst
Rating: 5 (233 reviews)

Damien Hirst

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Medium: Intaglio

Edition size: 72

Year: 2007

Size: H 120cm x W 108cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's The Souls On Jacob's Ladder 6 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £5,500 and £8,500. This intaglio print, created in 2007, has shown consistent value growth over the past five years, with the hammer price ranging from £5,500 in September 2024 to £10,000 in September 2023. The average annual growth rate is currently 1%. This work has an auction history of 7 total sales since its entry to the market in October 2009. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 72.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location
September 2024	Christie's London	United Kingdom
September 2023	Christie's London	United Kingdom
September 2017	Sotheby's Online	United Kingdom
January 2016	Phillips London	United Kingdom
March 2014	Christie's London	United Kingdom
March 2010	Sotheby's London	United Kingdom
October 2009	Bonhams Knightsbridge	United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The Souls On Jacob’s Ladder 6 is an intaglio print from Damien Hirst’s The Souls On Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight series from 2007. The print shows a large yellow butterfly with its wings outspread, set against a black backdrop. Hirst’s use of the flattened, black backdrop creates a striking print that synthesises aesthetic and scientific modes of representation.

Fascinated by the symbolism that the butterfly holds across the globe, much of Hirst’s artistic oeuvre is dominated by the motif. Behind the intricate appearance of the beautifully rendered butterfly is a tragic set of meanings; their three-day life span reminding the viewer of the fleeting and fragile nature of life itself.

Hirst is notoriously ambivalent with his subject matter and brings themes of love and death into dialogue with one another. Partly explaining why he is so enthralled by butterflies, Hirst has said, “I love butterflies because when they are dead they look alive.” The appearance of life that the butterfly retains in death lies at the heart of Hirst’s aesthetic interests that are concerned with the distance between the beautiful image of the butterfly and the insect in real life.

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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