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The Souls I (imperial purple, oriental gold) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2010 - MyArtBroker

The Souls I (imperial purple, oriental gold)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£7,500-£11,000Value Indicator

$15,000-$22,000 Value Indicator

$13,500-$20,000 Value Indicator

¥70,000-¥100,000 Value Indicator

9,000-13,500 Value Indicator

$70,000-$110,000 Value Indicator

¥1,420,000-¥2,080,000 Value Indicator

$9,500-$14,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Foil Block

Edition size: 15

Year: 2010

Size: H 72cm x W 51cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Damien Hirst's The Souls I (imperial purple, oriental gold) from 2010 is a signed Foil Block artwork with an estimated value of £7,500 to £11,000. This artwork has an auction history of one sale on 5th April 2017. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 15.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
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Buyer Paid
April 2017Sotheby's Online United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Reminiscent of the work of Pop artist Andy Warhol, Hirst creates a vast series of prints, each with the same subject and composition. There are four species of butterflies depicted across The Souls series, each print showing one, within which there are 80 colour variations, each presented as an edition of 15. Hirst uses a foil block printing technique to give his butterflies a shimmering effect to represent the way their wings would reflect the light.

The butterfly motif is a prominent figure that Hirst has used throughout his career to bring together themes around morality, life, love, faith and aesthetics. Speaking of his obsession with butterflies Hirst has explained, “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.”

  • 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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