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To Love - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2008 - MyArtBroker

To Love
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£2,950-£4,400Value Indicator

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Medium: Aquatint

Edition size: 75

Year: 2008

Size: H 41cm x W 44cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's To Love (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,950 and £4,400. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £2,800, across a total of 1 sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £2,800 in October 2024 to £5,457 in September 2022. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 1%. To Love is a rare aquatint print, created in 2008, and is part of a limited edition of 75.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2024Phillips London United Kingdom
September 2022Phillips London United Kingdom
February 2022Wright United States
September 2021Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Hirst has continually used the motif of the butterfly to varying effect throughout his career. In this instance, the process of acquatint, taken from a series of etchings, enables the artist to display the butterfly in its foremost beauty. The black background stands as contrast against the detailed drawing of the orange and yellow wings of the animal. The viewer is able to see these wings in detail. The butterfly is visible in such detail because it has been enlarged.

Though it was typical of Hirst to explore the visual appeal of the butterfly, its use in this print stands in contrast to his other work. Several of Hirst’s prints have seen numerous butterflies, their wings detached from their bodies, laid out in an intricate and carefully ordered pattern, to create a kaleidoscopic attempt: this is seen most famously in his Cathedral series. This work is instead an early example of Hirst’s use of the singular butterfly. He was to pick this back up in 2015 with the series entitled I Love You.

  • 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.

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