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Belfry - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

Belfry
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£16,000-£23,000Value Indicator

$30,000-$45,000 Value Indicator

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¥140,000-¥210,000 Value Indicator

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¥3,090,000-¥4,440,000 Value Indicator

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17% AAGR

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 59

Year: 2009

Size: H 99cm x W 99cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s Belfry (signed) is estimated to be worth between £16,000 and £23,000. This etching print, created in 2009, has shown consistent value growth and has an auction history of two sales since its entry to the market on 4th June 2011. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 59.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
April 2017Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
June 2011Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany

Meaning & Analysis

The Sanctum series is indicative of Hirst’s obsession with butterflies and every print uses many butterfly wings to form its beautiful pattern. 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 in works like this chose only to display the dazzling wings in Belfry.

Hirst’s prints in the Sanctum series are reminiscent of stained glass windows in Gothic architecture and the circular patterns of mandalas. The motif of the butterfly has been used by the Greeks to depict Psyche, the soul, and in Christian imagery represents resurrection. Each print in the series can be understood as an exploration into beauty, nature, religion, death and the fleetingness of life.

  • 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.