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Ala-Met - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2011 - MyArtBroker

Ala-Met
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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29% AAGR

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Medium: Woodcut

Edition size: 55

Year: 2011

Size: H 80cm x W 64cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's Ala-Met (signed) is estimated to be worth between £17,000 and £25,000. This woodcut print, created in 2011, has shown consistent value growth, with an impressive average annual growth rate of 29%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market on 24th October 2014. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 55.

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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
October 2014Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

The 40 Woodcut Spots series is reminiscent of Hirst’s vast series of spot paintings, of which there are over 1000 in existence, dating from 1988 to 2011. The spots represent abstraction reduced to its most basic mechanisms: colour, form and composition. The grid formula for these paintings is the basis for an unbounded series where Hirst can infinitely explore harmonious and contrasting colour combinations.

The titles, based on the names of chemical compounds, are also abstract in their lack of signification of something tangible in the world. Rather the chemical name evokes a nondescript powder or pill and there is an incessant endlessness to the series. The circles are printed in flat, block hues and no colour is repeated twice on the same canvas. Hirst in 2000 remarked on the impact of an installation of multiple spot paintings, “it’s an assault on your senses. They grab hold of you and give you a good shaking. As adults, we’re not used to it. It’s an amazing fact that all objects leap beyond their own dimension.”

  • 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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