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Victory Over Death - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2008 - MyArtBroker

Victory Over Death
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£5,500-£8,500Value Indicator

$11,000-$17,000 Value Indicator

$10,000-$15,000 Value Indicator

¥50,000-¥80,000 Value Indicator

6,500-10,500 Value Indicator

$50,000-$80,000 Value Indicator

¥1,040,000-¥1,600,000 Value Indicator

$7,000-$10,500 Value Indicator

-7% AAGR

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 58

Year: 2008

Size: H 176cm x W 119cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's Victory Over Death (signed) is estimated to be worth between £5,500 and £8,500. This etching print from 2008 has shown consistent value growth and has an auction history of 11 total sales since its entry to the market on 6th October 2000. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £4,079 in July 2020 to £14,000 in November 2021. The average annual growth rate of this work is -7%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 58.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
December 2023AAG: Arts & Antiques Group Netherlands
September 2023Christie's London United Kingdom
September 2022Christie's London United Kingdom
January 2022Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh United Kingdom
November 2021Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
July 2020Bonhams Hong Kong Hong Kong
December 2019Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany

Meaning & Analysis

Death is a theme that Hirst often explores through his art, exemplified by his frequent use of skulls, his interest in medicine, as well as his incorporation of dead animals and insects into his artworks. In Victory Over Death, Hirst rejects the traditional association of the skull with death and decay by decorating the skull with spectacular diamonds. The work therefore has a playful message, encouraging the viewer not to fear death, but to accept the beauty of its inevitability. Other series by Hirst which use skulls as their source of artistic inspiration are The Dead series (2009) and I Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am (2007).

The work is based on Hirst’s sensational piece, For the Love of God, made in 2007. In this artwork, Hirst studded a human skull with 8,601 diamonds, making it one of the most expensive contemporary artworks in the world.