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Lullaby - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2014 - MyArtBroker

Lullaby
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£13,000-£19,000Value Indicator

$26,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

$23,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

¥120,000-¥170,000 Value Indicator

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¥2,490,000-¥3,640,000 Value Indicator

$16,000-$23,000 Value Indicator

12% AAGR

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Medium: Intaglio

Edition size: 55

Year: 2014

Size: H 60cm x W 60cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Lullaby (signed) is estimated to be worth between £13,000 and £19,000. This intaglio print, created in 2014, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 12%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of 5 total sales since its entry to the market on 24th October 2017. The hammer price over the past 5 years has ranged from £5,010 in January 2018 to £21,300 in March 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 55.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2023Christie's London United Kingdom
June 2018Phillips London United Kingdom
October 2017Sotheby's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

As with all the works in the Love Poems series, Hirst flattens the otherwise hyperrealist butterflies in Lullaby with the block colour backdrop and by showing them as though they are on display in a natural history cabinet. The scientific precision with which the butterflies are rendered emphasises this notion of the insect display cabinet. Indeed, Hirst conflates the scientific with the aesthetic throughout this series. The aesthetic comes into play in the creation of a beautiful image that uses bright and complimentary colours.

Hirst uses the butterfly motif throughout his artistic oeuvre as a ‘universal trigger.’ This motif helps the artist to explore the uncertainties at the core of human experience: love, life, death, loyalty and betrayal through unconventional media. The Love Poems series points to this exploration in its title, each of the prints attributed with a poetic or affectionate title like She Walks in Beauty or Longing.

  • 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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