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New Beginnings 1 - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2011 - MyArtBroker

New Beginnings 1
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£6,000-£9,000Value Indicator

$12,000-$18,000 Value Indicator

$10,500-$16,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Block print

Edition size: 55

Year: 2011

Size: H 66cm x W 49cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Damien Hirst's New Beginnings 1 (signed) from 2011, a block print artwork, is estimated to be valued between £6,000 and £9,000. This artwork has an auction history of one sale on 24th January 2019. There have been no sales in the last 12 months or in the last five years. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 55.

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Auction Results

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January 2019Phillips London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Hirst’s preoccupation with the butterfly is evident in his depiction of many different species of the insect across various prints and installation pieces throughout his career. The New Beginnings series appears almost identical to Hirst’s It’s A Beautiful Day series (2013) and strikes similarities with his Lessons in Love series (2018). The butterfly motif is used by Hirst as a ‘universal trigger’, and he renders each print with varying combinations of bright colours that exude a sense of joy and excitement.

Hirst contrasts the almost photographic depiction of the butterfly against solid, block colour to create a print that has an immediate and visceral visual impact. Tying together themes around morality, life, love, faith and aesthetics, Hirst has explained of the motif: “I think rather than be personal you have to find universal triggers: everyone’s frightened of glass, everyone’s frightened of sharks, everyone loves butterflies.”

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