Norleucine
Norleucine
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
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Medium: Woodcut
Edition size: 48
Year: 2010
Size: H 76cm x W 77cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2024 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2024 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| September 2022 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| December 2017 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| September 2017 | Sotheby's Online | United Kingdom | |||
| June 2012 | Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris | France |
Meaning & Analysis
Norleucine is a woodcut print from Damien Hirst’s 12 Woodcut Spots series from 2010. The print is a square composition with four circles positioned in each corner. Set against a plain white backdrop, the spots are depicted in flattened colours of navy yellow, blue, red and purple. Using contrasting colours and a methodical composition, this print is an exploration of colour and form that is distinctly Hirstian.
The cold repetition and sterile aesthetic of the 12 Woodcut Spots series is reminiscent of Hirst’s early pill cabinet works such as The Void from 2000. Both works evoke a sense of endless sameness and directly allude to the realms of medicine and science. Indeed, the chemical name of each print in this series evokes a nondescript powder or pill that is abstract in its scientific mode.
In its depiction of many spots, methodically arranged, this print appears like a packet of medical pills, further exacerbated by the print’s title. Norleucine is formulaic and crisp in form, evoking a lack of human or artistic touch. Indeed, for many of the spot paintings throughout his career, Hirst employed assistants to produce them. This was part of the artist’s aims towards creating works that appear to have been produced mechanically, despite the way in which these prints and paintings are painstaking and laborious to produce.
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.
