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Tribulation - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

Tribulation
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 45

Year: 2009

Size: H 47cm x W 39cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's Tribulation (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,600 and £3,950. This etching print from 2009 has shown consistent value growth and has an auction history of two total sales since its entry to the market on 14th June 2021. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £2,400, across a single sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £2,400 in October 2024 to £6,000 in June 2021. The artwork has demonstrated an average annual growth rate of 7% and is part of a limited edition of 45.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2024Phillips London United Kingdom
June 2021Phillips London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Tribulation can be viewed alongside the other etchings in Hirst’s Butterfly series. Each print in the series is dedicated to showcasing the magnificence of butterflies and their natural beauty. The butterfly has a significant symbolic heritage and has often been used as a symbol of love, regeneration, freedom, fortune, spirituality and death. Many of these symbolic uses are referenced by Hirst in the etchings’ titles.

Hirst often incorporates butterflies into his artworks and the insect has become closely associated with the artist and his visual language. Alongside skulls and diamonds, butterflies are one of the artist's most well-known motifs. Hirst was drawn to butterflies because of the way they retain an iridescent beauty even in death. Hirst argues that butterflies embody the fragility of life and are therefore a means for him to explore questions of life and death in his artworks.

  • 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.