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Your Smell - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2015 - MyArtBroker

Your Smell
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£7,000-£10,000Value Indicator

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92 x 67cm, Edition of 55, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 55

Year: 2015

Size: H 92cm x W 67cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: September 2022

Value Trend:

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Location
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Hammer Price
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September 2022
Bonhams Skinner
United States
£5,658
£6,656
£8,520
September 2022
Phillips London
United Kingdom
July 2020
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
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The value of Damien Hirst's Your Smell (signed) is estimated to be worth between £7,000 and £10,000. This etching, created in 2015, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 2%. This work has an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market on 21st July 2020. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £6,000 in July 2020 to £10,000 in September 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 55.

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Meaning & Analysis

Hirst’s Lessons in Love series is reminiscent of his 1991 In and Out of Love (Butterfly Paintings and Ashtrays) installation that fixed the bodies of dead butterflies into monochrome gloss paint, surrounded by overflowing ashtrays. The choice of household gloss was intended to ‘look like an accident of paint with butterflies stuck on it,’ according to the artist. This effect is reflected in Your Smell that contrasts the highly realistic images of butterflies against the solid crimson backdrop.

Speaking to the artist’s preoccupation with the concept that art mirrors life, his use of the butterfly motif has remained prominent throughout his career. Not only is each butterfly born with a unique pattern that mimics the individuality that frames much of human life, but the butterfly for Hirst symbolises growth, change, life and death. The butterfly motif appears both in printed editions as well as in installations where visitors are situated in a room of live butterflies.

  • 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.