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Diacetoxyscirpenol - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2005 - MyArtBroker

Diacetoxyscirpenol
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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¥3,430,000-¥4,960,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 115

Year: 2005

Size: H 111cm x W 201cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Diacetoxyscirpenol, a signed etching from 2005, is estimated to be worth between £18,000 and £27,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. This piece has an auction history of 16 total sales since its entry to the market on 12th June 2007. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £20,887 in April 2023 to £31,748 in June 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 115.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
January 2024Sotheby's New York United States
April 2023Christie's New York United States
June 2022Phillips London United Kingdom
January 2022Phillips London United Kingdom
January 2020Phillips London United Kingdom
June 2019Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
January 2019Phillips London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Stretching as far back as 1986, the Spots paintings were first displayed at the landmark group show Freeze in London’s Docklands and recur throughout Hirst’s career in a number of artistic mediums. Unlike many of the Spots paintings, this print has a limited monochrome colour palette as opposed to depicting various bright colours. More subdued, Diacetoxyscirpenol is therefore an exploration in abstraction and pattern rather than in colour.

The title of this print, along with many of the other spot paintings and prints, are based on names of chemical compounds, and indicate Hirst’s interest in investigating boundaries between science, aesthetics, medicine and art. The colourful spots are set in equal distance from one another in a formulaic composition. The white clinical backdrop of the print recalls a laboratory and its kit, alluding to the crispness of coats, benches and hospital walls. Moreover, in its depiction of many spots, this print appears like a packet of medical pills.

  • 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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