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Curare - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2011 - MyArtBroker

Curare
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£8,500-£12,500Value Indicator

$17,000-$25,000 Value Indicator

$15,000-$22,000 Value Indicator

¥80,000-¥110,000 Value Indicator

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$80,000-$120,000 Value Indicator

¥1,630,000-¥2,390,000 Value Indicator

$10,500-$15,000 Value Indicator

6% AAGR

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Medium: Woodcut

Edition size: 55

Year: 2011

Size: H 46cm x W 46cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Curare (signed) is estimated to be worth between £8,500 and £12,500. This woodcut print, created in 2011, has shown consistent value growth, with an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market in April 2019. In the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £5,185 in December 2020 to £5,444 in December 2020. The average annual growth rate of this work is 6%. 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 2024Christie's London United Kingdom
December 2020Sotheby's New York United States
April 2019Phillips New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

The 40 Woodcut Spots series is representative of a vast body of work in Hirst’s oeuvre that has become iconic to his name. There are over 1000 spot paintings in existence, dating from 1988 to 2011, where Hirst has produced an average of 60 spot paintings a year. The grid formula for these paintings is the basis for an endless series where Hirst can infinitely explore harmonious and contrasting colour combinations.

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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