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How much is Damien Hirst’s shark worth?
How much Damien Hirst’s shark is worth today is unknown. However, in 2005, it sold for somewhere between $8 and $12 million. Called The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, the piece was a shark preserved in formaldehyde. In 2006, the original shark was replaced with a new specimen because it had begun to deteriorate. Its owner, Steven A. Cohen, lent the piece to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where it was displayed from 2007 to 2010. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of Damien Hirst art.
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DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY: 6274. NOBODY SHOULD HEAR IT Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Enamel paint on handmade paper Edition: 5.149 unique works on paper Size: 21.5 x 30 cm Conditi...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

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

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

The Currency 9714. No Way Out
By Damien Hirst
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, The Currency 9714. No Way Out, 2016 (With original HENI Frame) Enamel paint, handmade paper, watermark, microdot, hologram, pencil 20 x 30 cm Hand-signed on the rev...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Damien Hirst - Honesty (from The Virtues series)
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst, Honesty, 2021 Laminated giclee print on aluminium composite panel 47 1/5 × 37 4/5 in 120 × 96 cm Edition of 728 hand-sgned by the artist on the back published by HENI...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Giclée

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