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Damien Hirst

Beautiful Hours Spin Painting Signed Print

Beautiful Hours Spin Painting

Damien Hirst

Beautiful Hours Spin Painting
Signed Print

Name: Beautiful Hours Spin Painting
Brand: Damien Hirst
Rating: 5 (234 reviews)

Damien Hirst

£3,150-£4,750Value Indicator

$6,500-$9,500 Value Indicator

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€3,750-€5,500 Value Indicator

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17% AAGR

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 40

Year: 2008

Size: H 83cm x W 58cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's Beautiful Hours Spin Painting (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,150 and £4,750. This lithograph print, created in 2008, has shown consistent value growth, with an impressive average annual growth rate of 17%. This work has a steady auction history, having been sold 8 times at auction since its initial sale in July 2009. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £2,800, across a total of 1 work sold. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £2,800 in October 2024 to £10,000 in January 2023. The average return to the seller over this period was £5,043. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 40.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location
October 2024	Phillips London	United Kingdom
September 2023	Phillips London	United Kingdom
January 2023	Phillips London	United Kingdom
September 2014	Bonhams Knightsbridge	United Kingdom
June 2013	Bonhams Knightsbridge	United Kingdom
May 2012	Bonhams Knightsbridge	United Kingdom
November 2011	Bonhams New Bond Street	United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Beautiful Hours Spin Painting is an offset lithograph printed in colours produced by renowned contemporary artist, Damien Hirst. The print is part of Hirst’s iconic and critically acclaimed series of spin paintings. Rendered on a rectangular canvas using a spin machine, Hirst depicts a skull in a variety of bold and vibrant colours. The work was created on a spinning surface, with Hirst explaining that “the movement sort of implies life.” The dynamism of the technique contrasts with the image of the skull in the centre of the composition, an icon that traditionally represents death.

The spin paintings are an important part of Hirst’s oeuvre and the artist has been developing the technique from the start of his career. Hirst first experimented with the spin machine technique in 1992 when he was working at his studio in Brixton. After producing works such as Beautiful Ray of Sunshine On A Rainy Day Painting and Beautiful Where Did All The Colour Go Painting, the artist continued to hone the spin technique, investing in his own spin machine and exhibiting a series of spin paintings in Berlin in 1994.

As seen in Beautiful Hours Spin Painting, the Spin paintings are characterised by their long titles which begin with ‘beautiful’ and end in ‘painting’ and their exciting use of bright colours.

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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