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Eternal Rest - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

Eternal Rest
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£3,350-£5,000Value Indicator

$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator

$6,000-$9,000 Value Indicator

¥30,000-¥45,000 Value Indicator

4,050-6,000 Value Indicator

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13% AAGR

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 45

Year: 2009

Size: H 25cm x W 30cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Damien Hirst's Eternal Rest (signed), an etching from 2009, is estimated to be worth between £3,350 and £5,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 13%. There have been three total sales since its entry to the market in May 2012. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £1,891 in November 2018 to £2,588 in December 2019. The edition size of this work is limited to 45.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2021Piasa France
February 2015Christie's New York United States
May 2012Karl & Faber Germany

Meaning & Analysis

Rendering the fine detail of the butterfly wings and setting this against the dark backdrop, Hirst produces a highly simplistic image that finds universally engaging triggers. This contrast between bold block colours and the realistic image plays with Hirst’s concern with facts and truth that images are assumed to depict.

The butterfly motif is a prominent figure that Hirst has used throughout his career to bring together themes around morality, life, love, faith and aesthetics. Speaking of his obsession with butterflies Hirst has explained, “I think rather than be personal you have to find universal triggers: everyone’s frightened of glass, everyone’s frightened of sharks, everyone loves butterflies.” The butterfly motif appears both in Hirst’s 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.