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Pardon - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2012 - MyArtBroker

Pardon
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£9,000-£13,000Value Indicator

$18,000-$26,000 Value Indicator

$16,000-$23,000 Value Indicator

¥80,000-¥120,000 Value Indicator

11,000-16,000 Value Indicator

$90,000-$130,000 Value Indicator

¥1,750,000-¥2,520,000 Value Indicator

$11,500-$16,000 Value Indicator

8% AAGR

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 25

Year: 2012

Size: H 92cm x W 92cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's Pardon (signed) is estimated to be worth between £9,000 and £13,000. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 8%. This work has an auction history of five sales since its entry to the market in April 2014. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £9,500. The hammer price of this work has shown a steady increase, providing an average return to the seller of £8,075. Pardon is a limited edition work, with an edition size of 25.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2024Phillips London United Kingdom
March 2017Christie's New York United States
April 2016Sotheby's New York United States
September 2015Christie's London United Kingdom
April 2014Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

The butterfly is an iconic symbol that has become closely associated with Hirst and his artistic career. Hirst’s fascination with the insect stems, in part, from their ability to embody the fragility of life because, as the artist explains, butterflies retain an iridescent beauty even in death. Through the use of butterflies in his artworks, Hirst is able to explore questions of life and death, something important for the artist as he explains: “art’s about life and it can’t really be about anything else … there isn’t anything else.”

Hirst’s use of butterflies was inspired by a Victorian tea tray he found which was decorated with delicate patterns of butterfly wings. The print can be viewed alongside the Kaleidoscope series, an impressive body of work conceived by Hirst in 2001 which is characterised by magnificent circular patterns composed of butterfly wings.

  • 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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