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With Dead Head - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 1991 - MyArtBroker

With Dead Head
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£40,000-£60,000Value Indicator

$80,000-$120,000 Value Indicator

$70,000-$110,000 Value Indicator

¥360,000-¥540,000 Value Indicator

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¥7,700,000-¥11,550,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Photographic print

Edition size: 15

Year: 1991

Size: H 57cm x W 76cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Damien Hirst's With Dead Head, a photographic print from 1991, is estimated to be worth between £40,000 and £60,000. This signed artwork has an auction history of six total sales since its initial sale on 16th November 1999. There have been no sales in the last 12 months or in the last five years. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 15.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2015Sotheby's London United Kingdom
October 2013Christie's London United Kingdom
October 2008Christie's London United Kingdom
November 2007Christie's New York United States
November 2000Christie's New York United States
November 1999Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

The print is emblematic of the artist’s fascination with questions of life and death which he frequently explores in his artworks. Hirst has long been interested in death, as demonstrated in this photo, which was taken when the artist was sixteen. Hirst would often visit the anatomy department of Leeds Medical School to produce life drawings of the bodies he found there. When discussing why he was so fascinated with the theme of death, Hirst explains “You can frighten people with death or an idea of their own mortality, or it can actually give them vigour.” With Dead Head captures how Hirst wants the viewer to accept and rejoice in the inevitability of death instead of fearing it.

The photograph was selected and enlarged by Hirst in 1991, to mark the year of his first two solo exhibitions in London which received critical acclaim. The image represents how questions of life and death would become central to the artist’s oeuvre.

  • 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.