Name: My Way
Brand: Damien Hirst
Rating: 5 (231 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of Damien Hirst’s My Way (signed) from 2002, an intaglio print, is estimated to be worth between £2,850 and £4,300. This artwork has an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market on 20th October 2004. There have been no sales in the last 12 months or the last five years. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 68.

Auction Date

Auction House

Location

Hammer Price

Return to Seller

Buyer Paid

September 2015

Wilson55

United Kingdom

April 2009

Ketterer Kunst Hamburg

Germany

October 2004

Christie's London

United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

My Way is an etching from Damien Hirst’s first volume of In A Spin, The Action Of The World Upon Things from 2002. The etching depicts concentric circles made up of wiry lines and bright colours. The composition is dynamic in its simplistic use of line that conveys speed and movement.

The etchings that make up both volumes of In A Spin, The Action Of The World Upon Things are based on Hirst’s ionic spin paintings that he began producing in the ’90s. The spin paintings were created by Hirst using a spin machine in his studio, onto which circular canvases were attached and paint poured on from above whilst the canvas spun. This technique resulted in a set of works resembling Abstract Expressionist paintings despite the fact that they are produced by mechanical means.

In A Spin, The Action Of The World Upon Things volume I and II were created after Booth Clibborn asked Hirst to make another large print project since his first in 1999. The portfolio boxes each had an original spin painting on the cover and they were painted with household paint, using the same spin machine used for the etching series.