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Damien Hirst is well-known for his spot paintings, of which he created thirteen series. His first series alone, known as the “Pharmaceutical” series, totaled more than 1,000 paintings. In 2013, Hirst revealed that there are 1,365 spot paintings in existence today. Find a selection of Damien Hirst paintings from top sellers on 1stDibs.
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DAMIEN HIRST - THE EMPRESSES - THEODORA - Limited edition Contemporary Modern
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
THE EMPRESSES - THEODORA
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite and screen printed with glitter.
Edition number: 1226/3315 (1.566 physical + 1.7...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Glitter, Panel, Giclée, Screen
$7,546 Sale Price
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H9-1 Justice
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst "Justice" H9-1, from "The Virtues" series. A laminated Giclée print on aluminium panel. Produced in 2021. Edition 515 of 1005.
Hand signed and numbered on verso label by...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Politeness (The Virtues) Damien Hirst Cherry Blossom Print
By Damien Hirst
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, Politeness - Cherry Blossom, 2021
Laminated Giclée Print on Aluminium Composite Panel
120.1 × 96 × 0.1 cm (47 3/10 × 37 4/5 × 1/50 in)
Edition of 1549
Hand-signed and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée, Panel
Rhodotorulic Acid. Woodcut in colors. Signed.
By Damien Hirst
Located in Paris, FR
HIRST Damien (1965 - )
Rhodotorulic Acid. Woodcut in colors. Signed.
Provenance : DTR Modern Gallery, New York.
About Damien Hirst (Artist)
British artist Damien Hirst is widely considered the enfant terrible of contemporary art. He is the most prominent of the so-called Young British Artists, or YBAs, a group, largely composed of Hirst’s classmates at Goldsmiths, in London, that began exhibiting together in warehouses and factories after 1988 and is known for the use of unconventional materials and “shock tactics.”
In the 1990s, Hirst said, “I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.” And indeed, he is notorious for piquing critics and baffling the public with such pieces as his signature glass vitrines containing dead sheep or sharks in formaldehyde, and his diamond-encrusted skull, For the Love of God.
Working primarily in sculpture, Hirst takes after French modernist master Marcel Duchamp in his use of ready-made objects and materials, which he combines to ironic effect. He often creates in series, as with The Cure (Violet) and The Cure (Turquoise), both from 2014, which are among several pill paintings...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Damien Hirst - New Beginnings III (yellow)
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst,
New Beginnings III [yellow], 2011
Polymer gravure block print in colour on Zerkall paper
66 × 48 cm - sheet size
70.6 x 53.3 cm - Framed
Edition 14/55
hand-signed on th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Damien Hirst - Claridges
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst,
Claridges (H5-4), 2018
Diasec mounted Giclée print on aluminum panel mounted to an aluminum strainer
35 2/5 × 35 2/5 in 90 × 90 cm
Edition of 100
Hand-signed by artis...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Giclée


