The Dead (lime green, racing green)
The Dead (lime green, racing green)
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
£5,000-£7,500Value Indicator
$10,500-$16,000 Value Indicator
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¥45,000-¥70,000 Value Indicator
€6,000-€8,500 Value Indicator
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¥940,000-¥1,410,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Foil Block
Edition size: 15
Year: 2014
Size: H 72cm x W 51cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2018 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom | |||
| May 2011 | Ketterer Kunst Hamburg | Germany |
Meaning & Analysis
The Dead (racing green) is a signed foil block print in colours, on Arches paper produced by renowned contemporary artist, Damien Hirst. In this print, Hirst renders a skull in a bright racing green colour with black shading against a plain white backdrop. The skull floats in the centre of the composition and stares out at the viewer of the print.
Made in 2009, the print is part of the artist’s The Dead series, which is composed of thirty-one prints. Each print in the series is of a colourful skull, and the theme of death lies at the heart of the series. Hirst’s artworks often explore themes of life and death. The artist rose to fame for his installations showing dissected animals preserved in formaldehyde, as well as his medicine cabinet sculptures.
Hirst recounts how he enjoys exploring “big issues” in his artworks, such as “death, life, religion, beauty, science. By making a skull, a universally recognised symbol for death into art, Hirst challenges the negative connotations surrounding death, encouraging the viewer to see the beauty in death. Hirst also does this in his artworks which are made out of dead insects, such as the prints in his Entomology Works series.
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.
