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Ho Ho Ho - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 1999 - MyArtBroker

Ho Ho Ho
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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Medium: Photographic print

Edition size: 500

Year: 1999

Size: H 24cm x W 19cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's Ho Ho Ho (signed) is estimated to be worth between £1,200 and £1,800. This photographic print was created in 1999 and has been sold 19 times at auction since its initial sale on 21st November 2005. There have been no sales in the last 12 months or the last five years. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 500.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
May 2012Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
March 2011Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
October 2010Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
November 2007Phillips New York United States
September 2007Phillips New York United States
September 2006Christie's New York United States
November 2005Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The image in this print is highly provocative, and some viewers might find it offensive. Hirst, however, is known as a polemical artist who frequently causes uproar with his daring and bold art. Hirst rose to fame in the late 1980s in London, after studying Fine Arts at Goldsmiths College. He has become one of the most notorious artists of his generation due to the way he breaks boundaries with his artworks which span from installations, to sculptures, prints and drawings.

Hirst is known for pushing the boundaries of what can be considered fine art and good taste, as evidenced in Ho Ho Ho which could be viewed as a vulgar image. Other works by Hirst which have divided audiences are A Thousand Years, made in 1990, which showed a pair of interlinked glass cells which housed a swarm of flies feeding off a rotting cows head, as well as The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, made in 1991, which consisted of a tiger shark submerged in formaldehyde in a glass-panel display case.

  • 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.