Reveal
Signed Print

Name: Reveal
Brand: Damien Hirst
Rating: 5 (234 reviews)

Damien Hirst

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 45

Year: 2009

Size: H 47cm x W 39cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Reveal (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,350 and £5,000. This etching print, created in 2009, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. This artwork has an auction history of two sales, both in the last 12 months. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £3,200 in October 2024 to £5,579 in March 2023. The average return to the seller during this time has been £3,731. The edition size of this work is limited to 45.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location	Hammer Price	Return to Seller	Buyer Paid
October 2024	Phillips London	United Kingdom
March 2023	Cottone Auctions	United States

Meaning & Analysis

Reveal is a signed etching produced by renowned contemporary artist, Damien Hirst. Made in 2009, the print shows a beautiful butterfly. The butterfly is set in the centre of the composition and the yellow and white of the butterfly’s wings contrasts with the black background, meaning attention is drawn towards its spectacular wings.

Reveal is part of Hirst’s Butterfly series, a collection of etchings which all showcase the natural beauty of the butterfly. The butterfly is an insect that has become closely associated with Hirst and his visual language. Alongside skulls and diamonds, butterflies are one of the artist's most well-known motifs. Hirst’s most iconic use of butterflies was arguably in 1991, when the artist produced an installation in which butterflies emerged from pupae attached to white painted canvases kept in a humid exhibition room. The artist also created the Kaleidoscope paintings, in which he produced mesmerising patterns of concentric circles composed of butterfly wings.

For Hirst, butterflies embody the fragility of life because they retain an iridescent beauty even in death. The use of butterflies enables the artist to explore questions of life and death throughout his artworks, something important for Hirst as he explains: “art’s about life and it can’t really be about anything else … there isn’t anything else.”

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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