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The Dead (lime green, island copper) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (lime green, island copper)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£4,850-£7,500Value Indicator

$9,500-$15,000 Value Indicator

$8,500-$13,500 Value Indicator

¥45,000-¥70,000 Value Indicator

6,000-9,000 Value Indicator

$45,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

¥940,000-¥1,460,000 Value Indicator

$6,000-$9,500 Value Indicator

7% AAGR

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Medium: Foil Block

Edition size: 15

Year: 2009

Size: H 41cm x W 30cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s The Dead (lime green, island copper) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,850 to £7,500. This foil block artwork was created in 2009 and has a steady auction history, with one sale since its entry to the market on 5th December 2017. The edition size of this work is limited to 15.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
December 2017Forum Auctions London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The print, created in 2009, is one of thirty-one prints that form Hirst’s The Dead series. As indicated by the print’s title the central theme of the series is death. Throughout the series, Hirst depicts the same skull, yet makes each print different through the addition of colour. Hirst choses two colours, often bold and clashing, as seen in The Dead (lime green, island copper), which enliven the prints, despite their subject matter. The skull acts as a memento mori, a visual reminder of the inevitability of death. The bright and lively colours that Hirst uses throughout The Dead series contrast with the theme of death, however, Hirst explains that “you can frighten people with death or an idea of their own mortality, or it can actually give them vigour.” The use of colour in this series is an attempt from the artist to invigorate the viewer to stop fearing death.

The Dead series is not the first time Hirst has explored the theme of death in his art. From a young age, the artist was fascinated with questions of life and death. When he was sixteen, Hirst used to visit the anatomy department of Leeds Medical School where he would produce life drawings of the various bodies he encountered there.

  • 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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