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Like A Snowball Down A Mountain - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2002 - MyArtBroker

Like A Snowball Down A Mountain
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£2,700-£4,050Value Indicator

$5,500-$8,000 Value Indicator

$4,850-$7,500 Value Indicator

¥25,000-¥35,000 Value Indicator

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26% AAGR

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 68

Year: 2002

Size: H 92cm x W 71cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Like A Snowball Down A Mountain (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,700 and £4,050. This etching, created in 2002, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 23%. This work has an auction history of one sale, which took place on 27th August 2020. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £1,750 in August 2020 to £1,750 in August 2020. The average return to the seller is £935 and the edition size of this artwork is limited to 68.

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Auction Results

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August 2020Forum Auctions London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

All of the etchings in the In A Spin, The Action Of The World Upon Things portfolio are variations on Hirst’s famous spin paintings. For these etchings Hirst attached copper plates to a spin machine in his studio, onto which he drew the wiry lines with sharp tools. Hirst’s spin paintings were partly inspired by a long exposure photograph where he captured the movement of the stars in the sky caused by the rotation of the earth. This activity inspired the expression articulated in the title, ‘The Action Of The World On Things’.

The second half of the series’ title, ‘The Action Of The World On Things’ derives from a phrase the artist coined in 1999 when he was clarifying the origins of his spot paintings. He distinguished two aspects of his work: “an involvement with death and decay, and ideas and life: the action of the world on things exists somewhere, and the colour exists somewhere else. And it’s fantastic.” In A Spin, The Action Of The World Upon Things is said to unite these two elements of Hirst’s work.

  • 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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