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Amniotic Fluid - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2012 - MyArtBroker

Amniotic Fluid
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£4,500-£6,500Value Indicator

$9,000-$13,000 Value Indicator

$8,000-$11,500 Value Indicator

¥40,000-¥60,000 Value Indicator

5,500-8,000 Value Indicator

$45,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

¥850,000-¥1,230,000 Value Indicator

$5,500-$8,000 Value Indicator

34% AAGR

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Medium: Woodcut

Edition size: 55

Year: 2012

Size: H 31cm x W 31cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Amniotic Fluid (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,500 and £6,500. This woodcut print, created in 2012, has shown consistent value growth, with an impressive average annual growth rate of 32%. This work has an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market in November 2016. In the last 12 months, there have been no sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £3,800 in January 2021 to £3,830 in September 2022. 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 2022Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
January 2021Phillips London United Kingdom
November 2016Bonhams Knightsbridge 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.”

  • 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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