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Memento 4
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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Medium: Intaglio

Edition size: 30

Year: 2008

Size: H 120cm x W 108cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Memento 4 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £13,500 and £20,000. This intaglio print, created in 2008, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. This work has an auction history of one sale, which took place on 23rd July 2024. The hammer price for this sale was £13,164, and the edition size of this artwork is limited to 30.

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Auction Results

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July 2024Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

Hirst depicts the butterfly motif obsessively across his artistic oeuvre, but every manifestation of the symbol is unique, depicted with different patterns, shapes and colours. Fascinated by themes that get to the core of the human condition, the butterfly motif for Hirst seems to bring together themes related to mortality, life, love, faith and aesthetics. The butterfly motif appears both in printed editions as well as in installations where visitors are situated in a room of live butterflies.

The Memento series also represents Hirst’s concern with the relationship between science and aesthetics, notably how a mimetic image of a butterfly can be very different from a real butterfly in the social world. For Hirst, the butterfly is a ‘universal trigger’ that many people share in finding attractive and joyous. Recalling someone once saying to him: “Butterflies are beautiful, but it’s a shame they have disgusting hairy bodies in the middle,” Hirst depicts his butterflies in a highly aesthetic way, adding luminous colour and emphasising their beautiful patterns.

  • 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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