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The Dead (chilli red, lime green) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (chilli red, lime green)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£4,950-£7,500Value Indicator

$10,000-$15,000 Value Indicator

$9,000-$13,500 Value Indicator

¥45,000-¥70,000 Value Indicator

6,000-9,000 Value Indicator

$50,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

¥950,000-¥1,430,000 Value Indicator

$6,000-$9,500 Value Indicator

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Medium: Foil Block

Edition size: 15

Year: 2009

Size: H 42cm x W 30cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst's The Dead (chilli red, lime green) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,950 to £7,500. This foil block artwork, created in 2009, has an auction history of two sales since its entry to the market on 24th January 2012. The last 12 months have seen no sales and there have been no hammer price changes in the last five years. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 15.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
April 2013Phillips New York United States
January 2012Phillips New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

The print, made in 2009, is one of thirty-one prints that compose The Dead series. Each print in the series depicts a skull, however Hirst uses a unique combination of two colours for every print. Sometimes the colours complement one another, however, in The Dead (chilli red, lime green), Hirst opts for two colours that contrast dramatically. The central theme of the series, represented through the use of the skull motif, is death. Hirst frequently explores this theme in his artworks, and from the start of his artistic career was interested in the relationship between art and its ability to explore questions of life and death.

As well as using skulls in his art to explore the theme of death, Hirst has also made artworks out of dead insects arranged in beautiful patterns, dead animals preserved in formaldehyde, and pharmaceutical products like tablet boxes and medicine cabinets.

  • 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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