Name: H6-5 Truth
Brand: Damien Hirst
Rating: 5 (231 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of Damien Hirst’s H6-5 Truth (signed) is estimated to be worth between £12,500 and £19,000. This Giclée print, created in 2015, has shown consistent value growth with an average annual growth rate of 7%. This work has sold three times at auction since its initial sale on 21st January 2021. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £9,500 in September 2023 to £27,780 in January 2022. The average return to the seller is £17,309. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 55.

Auction Date

Auction House

Location

Hammer Price

Return to Seller

Buyer Paid

September 2023

Phillips London

United Kingdom

January 2022

Phillips London

United Kingdom

January 2021

Phillips London

United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

H6-5 Truth is a giclée print from Damien Hirst’s 2015 The Aspects series that shows an array of butterfly wings arranged in an intricate kaleidoscopic pattern. Depicted in varying shades of blue, this print is perfectly symmetrical and made up of concentric circles. The print exudes a kinetic energy that is exciting and mesmerising to look at.

The Aspects series is indicative of Hirst’s obsession with butterflies and every print uses hundreds of butterfly wings to form its beautiful pattern. For Hirst, the butterfly is a ‘universal trigger’ that many people share in finding attractive and joyous. Recalling someone once saying to him: “Butterflies are beautiful, but it’s a shame they have disgusting hairy bodies in the middle,” Hirst in works like this chose only to display the dazzling wings in H6-5 Truth.

Hirst’s prints in The Aspects series are reminiscent of stained glass windows in Gothic architecture and the circular patterns of mandalas. The motif of the butterfly has been used by the Greeks to depict Psyche, the soul, and in Christian imagery represents resurrection. Indeed, the titles of the prints in this series, such as H6-5 Truth, include common virtues found in a range of religions, reflecting Hirst’s fascination with spirituality and the human psyche.