For The Love Of God (black)
For The Love Of God (black)
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
£3,450-£5,000Value Indicator
$7,000-$10,500 Value Indicator
$6,500-$9,000 Value Indicator
¥30,000-¥45,000 Value Indicator
€4,150-€6,000 Value Indicator
$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator
¥670,000-¥970,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 1000
Year: 2007
Size: H 33cm x W 24cm
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 | |||
| June 2024 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| June 2024 | Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2023 | Phillips London | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2023 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| July 2023 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| April 2023 | Christie's Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
Meaning & Analysis
For The Love Of God (black) is a signed screen print from 2007, taken from Damien Hirst’s For The Love Of God series. The print shows a photographic image of a diamond encrusted skull with its mouth open and positioned head-on to the viewer. The image of the skull is set against a stark black backdrop, creating a dramatic composition.
The diamond-encrusted skull is an image of one of Hirst’s most widely recognised sculptures For The Love Of God from 2007. Hirst cast the original work from a real human skull, purchased from a London taxidermist. The cast is made from platinum plates and is then set with diamonds, weighing a huge 1,106.18 carats. The teeth that are inserted into the jaw are those of the original skull.
For The Love Of God (black) shows the image of the sculpture with a large stone set in the centre of the skull forehead. This central stone was inspired by Hirst’s childhood memories of the comic 2000 AD. Hirst explains that the comic “used to have a character in it called Tharg the Mighty who had a circle on his forehead. He was like a kind of powerful God-like figure who controlled the universe…It kind of just looked like it needed something. A third eye; a connection to Jesus and his dad.”
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.
