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Helter Skelter
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£3,150-£4,700Value Indicator

$6,000-$9,500 Value Indicator

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36% AAGR

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 68

Year: 2002

Size: H 78cm x W 74cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Helter Skelter, a signed etching from 2002, is estimated to be worth between £3,150 and £4,700. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 36%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of three sales since its entry to the market in December 2014. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £1,205 to £2,290. The edition size of this piece is limited to 68.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
July 2023Leonard Joel, Melbourne Australia
May 2015Bonhams New York United States
December 2014Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany

Meaning & Analysis

The In In A Spin, The Action Of The World Upon Things portfolio is an extension of Hirst’s very well known Spin Paintings. The Spin Paintings were first conceived in 1993 at the event ‘A Fete Worse Than Death,’ alongside Angus Fairhurst. The curator Gregor Muir has recounted: “Using an inverted electric drill and a piece of wood onto which they could fasten sheets of paper, Fairhurst and Hirst set up a spin painting stall – an idea borrowed from a once popular children’s game using painting and an old record player cranked up to 78rpm. A spin painting cost £1 to produce and was signed by both artists on the reverse. In Hirst’s case, the idea proved too useful to be left behind, resulting in his subsequent ‘Spin Paintings’.”

To create the Spin Paintings Hirst attached a large circular canvas to a spin machine in his studio, then throwing paint onto the spinning canvas to create abstract painterly marks. The etchings in this portfolio were produced using a very similar technique, attaching copper plates to the machine, and drawing the spiral lines with needles, screwdrivers, and other sharp tools as they spun.

  • 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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