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The Dead (Panama copper, turquoise) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (Panama copper, turquoise)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£4,700-£7,000Value Indicator

$9,500-$14,000 Value Indicator

$8,500-$12,500 Value Indicator

¥45,000-¥60,000 Value Indicator

5,500-8,500 Value Indicator

$45,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

¥900,000-¥1,340,000 Value Indicator

$6,000-$9,000 Value Indicator

11% AAGR

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Medium: Foil Block

Edition size: 15

Year: 2009

Size: H 72cm x W 51cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s The Dead (Panama copper, turquoise) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,700 and £7,000. This foil block artwork, created in 2009, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 11%. The edition size of this work is limited to 15. This artwork has been sold once at auction, on 27th August 2020, and the average return to the seller is £2,448.

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Auction Results

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August 2020Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The print, produced in 2009, is part of the artist’s The Dead series. In this series, Hirst made thirty-one prints, all of which depict colourful skulls. The skull is a central element of the artist’s visual language and iconography. The series resonates with other series, such as I Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am (2007) and Memento (2008), however it stands out from them due to Hirst’s bold incorporation of colour.

Hirst’s use of colour in The Dead (Panama copper, turquoise) reflects how death and human mortality is often thought of and discussed. The artist explains: “you don’t like it [death], so you disguise it or you decorate it to make it look like something bearable – to such an extent that it becomes something else.”

  • 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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