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Quinaldic Acid - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2010 - MyArtBroker

Quinaldic Acid
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£6,000-£8,500Value Indicator

$12,000-$17,000 Value Indicator

$10,500-$15,000 Value Indicator

¥50,000-¥80,000 Value Indicator

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¥1,150,000-¥1,620,000 Value Indicator

$7,500-$10,500 Value Indicator

12% AAGR

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Medium: Woodcut

Edition size: 24

Year: 2010

Size: H 96cm x W 91cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's Quinaldic Acid (signed) is estimated to be worth between £6,000 and £8,500. This woodcut artwork, created in 2010, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 11%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of three sales since its entry to the market on 13th September 2017. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 24.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2022Phillips London United Kingdom
December 2017Christie's New York United States
September 2017Sotheby's Online United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

This print is highly simplistic and immediate in its effect on the viewer, unambiguous in its depiction of a large spot with bright and flattened colour. Due to its smooth surface and obvious composition, this print deceptively removes any sense of human labour or touch. In the 1980s, the spot paintings marked a shift in Hirst’s artistic career, where he began to employ assistants to complete the painstaking and laborious task of producing these works. The apparent lack of human intervention in these works further emphasises the mathematical precision that underlines their compositions.

Fascinated by intuitive colour choice from his days at Goldsmiths, Hirst claims that the spot paintings have removed any problems he previously had with colour, allowing him to present a perfect arrangement of colour that is never repeated. Hirst explains that, “mathematically, with the spot paintings, I probably discovered the most fundamentally important thing in any kind of art. Which is the harmony of where colour can exist on its own, interacting with other colours in a perfect format.”

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