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

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

Damien Hirst

£7,000-£10,500Value Indicator

$14,000-$21,000 Value Indicator

$12,500-$19,000 Value Indicator

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¥1,320,000-¥1,980,000 Value Indicator

$9,000-$13,500 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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The Souls I (prairie copper, oriental gold, imperial purple) by Damien Hirst, a signed Foil Block artwork from 2010, is estimated to be worth between £7,000 and £10,500. This artwork has shown consistent value growth since its first sale on 25th October 2015, with an auction history of two total sales. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 15.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
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Return to Seller
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April 2016Phillips New York United States
October 2015Phillips New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

Hirst speaks of his motivations for depicting the butterflies in this series, explaining: “I love butterflies because when they are dead they look alive. The foil block makes the butterflies have a feel similar to the actual butterflies in the way they reflect the light. After ‘The Dead’ I had to do the butterflies because you can’t have one without the other.”

Across the entire of The Souls series there are four species of butterflies depicted in each print, within which are 80 colour variations, each presented as an edition of 15. The abundance of butterflies across the series reflects the various insects found in a meadow, each one unique. The sheer scale on which Hirst works is crucial to this series that brings together themes around morality, life, love, faith and aesthetics.

  • 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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