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Controlled Substances - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2011 - MyArtBroker

Controlled Substances
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£6,500-£9,500Value Indicator

$13,000-$19,000 Value Indicator

$11,500-$17,000 Value Indicator

¥60,000-¥90,000 Value Indicator

8,000-11,500 Value Indicator

$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

¥1,240,000-¥1,810,000 Value Indicator

$8,000-$12,000 Value Indicator

20% AAGR

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 150

Year: 2011

Size: H 49cm x W 47cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Controlled Substances (signed) is estimated to be worth between £6,500 and £9,500. This screenprint, created in 2011, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 20%. This work has an auction history of nine total sales since its initial sale on 28th November 2012. In the past 12 months, the average selling price was £7,000, across one total sale. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £6,000 in September 2022 to £7,000 in June 2024. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 150.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2024Phillips London United Kingdom
September 2022Phillips London United Kingdom
July 2018Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
June 2018Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
November 2017Phillips New York United States
June 2017Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany
September 2013Wright United States

Meaning & Analysis

The series of Controlled Substances paintings refer specifically to dangerous drugs that cannot be legally accessed by non-medical professionals. Beginning in 1993, this series was based around works with titles like Opium, Morphine Sulfate and Inovacodeine. Controlled Substances is set apart from other Spots paintings by the inclusion of text alongside the coloured circles but is largely based on the same principles.

In order to choose the names for his Spots paintings, each named after pharmaceuticals, Hirst bought the Physicians’ Desk Reference. This is a compilation of information on prescription drugs used by manufacturers, that is published commercially and updated every year. Hirst commented that “it was just an afterthought to name them after drugs, based on this book, but I saw it and thought: I have just got to do all of them”.

  • 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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