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Phlegyas
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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Medium: Lenticular

Edition size: 50

Year: 2016

Size: H 75cm x W 75cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's Phlegyas (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,550 to £7,000. This lenticular artwork, created in 2016, has shown a consistent value growth. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £4,800, with a total of 1 artwork sold. Since its first sale on 25th October 2024, Phlegyas has an average annual growth rate of 4% and an auction history. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 50.

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Auction Results

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October 2024Phillips London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Phlegyas is part of Hirst’s Entomology Works series, a series of prints which are made using the advanced lenticular printing technique. The lenticular technique creates the illusion of depth, making the insects stand out from the print, appearing to be multi-dimensional. The prints in the series are each named after phases and characters in Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, a long Italian narrative poem from the 12th century.

Hirst has often explored using insects in his artworks, and they have become a trademark feature of the artist’s visual language. Other works which feature insects are the Kaleidoscope Paintings, in which hundreds of butterflies are arranged into spectacular kaleidoscope patterns. Hirst was drawn to insects because to capture the fragility of life and can be used to explore themes of life and death which interest the artist greatly. Hirst argues that insects are beautiful, even when they are dead, which makes these prints both “beautiful and horrific at the same time.”

  • 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.