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Methamphetamine - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2004 - MyArtBroker

Methamphetamine
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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¥6,740,000-¥9,630,000 Value Indicator

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16% AAGR

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Medium: Aquatint

Edition size: 115

Year: 2004

Size: H 178cm x W 86cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Methamphetamine (signed) is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 16%. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £33,774, across a total of 1 sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £14,440 in August 2021 to £60,784 in March 2022. Since its first sale in October 2007, Methamphetamine has been sold 24 times at auction. The edition size of this aquatint print is limited to 115.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
April 2024Sotheby's New York United States
April 2024Christie's New York United States
October 2023Christie's New York United States
April 2023Christie's New York United States
January 2023Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
September 2022Christie's London United Kingdom
September 2022Phillips London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Hirst’s artistic output is on a large enough scale to employ assistants across three different studios and as such, most of the Spots paintings were produced collaboratively. After painting a small number himself, Hirst created a system with a few basic rules that allowed for others to produce the Spots paintings for him. Every spot in each piece is a perfect circle, each the same size, hand-painted and arranged in a grid. The Spots paintings were ultimately about an exploration of colour combinations, with every spot on each canvas a different colour. The series therefore has become a set of works with endless possibilities and combinations.

Hirst has commented on the way in which these paintings are deceptively simple: “If you look closely at any one of these paintings, a strange thing happens: because of the lack of repeated colours there is no harmony. We are used to picking out chords of other colours to create meaning. This can’t happen. So in every painting there is a subliminal sense of unease: the colours project so much joy it’s hard to feel it, but it’s there. The horror underlying everything. The horror that can overwhelm everything at any moment.”

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