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Emerge - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

Emerge
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£2,550-£3,800Value Indicator

$5,000-$7,500 Value Indicator

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¥23,000-¥35,000 Value Indicator

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7% AAGR

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 45

Year: 2009

Size: H 30cm x W 25cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's Emerge (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,550 and £3,800. This etching print, created in 2009, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 7%. This work has an auction history of two total sales since its entry to the market in July 2015. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £2,800, with the hammer price over the past five years ranging from £2,380 in July 2017 to its current value. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 45.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2024Phillips London United Kingdom
July 2015Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

Many of Hirst’s prints that use the butterfly as its central motif, are reminiscent of his 1991 In and Out of Love (Butterfly Paintings and Ashtrays) installation that fixed the bodies of dead butterflies into monochrome gloss paint, surrounded by overflowing ashtrays. The choice of household gloss was intended to ‘look like an accident of paint with butterflies stuck on it,’ according to the artist. This effect is reflected in Emerge that contrasts the highly realistic image of the butterfly against the solid black backdrop.

Hirst has obsessively depicted the butterfly motif throughout his artistic oeuvre. Each butterfly is born with a unique pattern and mimics the individuality that frames much of human life. The butterfly motif appears both in printed editions as well as in installations where visitors are situated in a room of live butterflies.

  • 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.