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The Souls I (cool gold, cornflower blue, leaf green) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2010 - MyArtBroker

The Souls I (cool gold, cornflower blue, leaf green)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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72 x 51cm, Edition of 15, Foil Block

Medium: Foil Block

Edition size: 15

Year: 2010

Size: H 72cm x W 51cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: September 2017

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September 2017
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The value of Damien Hirst's The Souls I (cool gold, cornflower blue, leaf green) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £6,000 and £9,000. This foil block artwork, created in 2010, is a rare piece with an auction history of one sale in September 2017. There have been no sales in the last 12 months or the last five years. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 15.

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Meaning & Analysis

Across the entire of The Souls series there are four species of butterflies depicted in each print, within which are 80 colour variations, each presented as an edition of 15. The abundance of butterflies across the series reflects the various insects found in a meadow, each one unique. Hirst explains, “I love butterflies because when they are dead they look alive. The foil block gives them a feel similar to the actual butterflies in the way that they reflect the light. After ‘The Dead’ I had to do the butterflies because you can’t have one without the other.”

The Souls series is representative of Hirst’s fascination with the symbolism of the butterfly motif, creating a vast series that is reminiscent of the Pop art of Andy Warhol. The sheer scale on which Hirst works is crucial to this series that brings together themes around morality, life, love, faith and aesthetics.

  • 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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