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Lauric Acid Butyl Ester - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2011 - MyArtBroker

Lauric Acid Butyl Ester
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£3,700-£5,500Value Indicator

$7,500-$11,000 Value Indicator

$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator

¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator

4,450-6,500 Value Indicator

$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator

¥730,000-¥1,080,000 Value Indicator

$4,650-$7,000 Value Indicator

-1% AAGR

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Medium: Woodcut

Edition size: 55

Year: 2011

Size: H 24cm x W 28cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Lauric Acid Butyl Ester (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,700 and £5,500. This woodcut print, created in 2011, has shown consistent value growth since its first sale on 8th December 2017. This work has an auction history of two sales within the last 12 months, with an average selling price of £3,583. Over the past five years, the average annual growth rate of this piece is -1%. This artwork is part of a limited edition of 55.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
December 2024Freeman's United States
December 2017Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany

Meaning & Analysis

The titles of each print in this series are based on names of chemical compounds, and indicate Hirst’s interest in investigating boundaries between science, aesthetics, medicine and art. The colourful spots are set in equal distance from one another in a formulaic composition. The white clinical backdrop of the print recalls a laboratory and its kit, alluding to the crispness of coats, benches and hospital walls. Moreover, in its depiction of many spots, this print appears like a packet of medical pills.

There is an incessant endlessness to the 40 Woodcut Spots 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.”

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