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Art For Sale
Artist: Damien Hirst
Artist: Jimi Gleason
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 Art
Materials
Paper
Damien Hirst - Abacus, hirst, skull, silver, sculpture, contemporary art
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Damien Hirst (b.1965)
Abacus - The Dream is Dead
2007
silver
14.5 x 14 x 21 cm
incised, titled and numbered ‘Abacus Damien Hirst The Dream is dead 2/12’ (on the verso)
edition 2/12
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Silver
In A Spin (Unique)
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: In A Spin (Unique)
Series: in a spin
Date: 2002
Medium: acrylic, crayon, printers inks & pencil on paper
Unframed Dimension...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Zarontin PD 237
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: Zarontin PD 237
Series: Schizophrenogenesis
Date: 2014
Medium: Polyurethane resin with ink pigment
Unframed Dimensions: 11.81" x 5.11"
Signature: ...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Resin
“Some Girl” Death - 6
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: hirst, Damien
Title: “Some Girl” Death - 6
Date: 2010
Medium: Mixed Media
Unframed Dimensions: 28.25" x 20.75"
Framed Dimensions: 35" x 26.5"
...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Mixed Media
The Dawn of Golden Time
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: The Dawn of Golden Time
Date: 2013
Medium: Foil block collage on Arches 88 paper with hand embellishment
Unframed Dimensi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Foil
Circle Spin Painting
By Damien Hirst
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Damien Hirst
Circle Spin Painting
2009
Acrylic on paper
20.5 x 20.5 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Like water, Gleason’s surfaces are quietly in motion, their iridescent paints subtly shifting hues as light plays across them. In each of the canvases, sharp diagonals bifurcate the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wheel Meet Again
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: Wheel Meet Again
Series: In a Spin Volume 1
Date: 2002
Medium: Etching on 350gsm Hahnmuhle paper
Unframed Dimensions: 35.875" x 28"
Framed Dimens...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Minnie (Pink Glitter)
By Damien Hirst
Located in Miami, FL
Screenprint in colors with glitter on heavy wove paper. Hand signed in pencil verso, numbered from the edition of 150 verso with artists copyright inkstamp. Published by Other Crite...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
Pards Gold
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. The silver deposit paintings began in 20...
Category
2010s Color-Field Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Death or Glory - Glorius Skull (Cool Gold - European Gold)
By Damien Hirst
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Foil block print
Edition 2 of 2
Born in Bristol England, in 1965, Damien Hirst grew up in Leeds and studied at Goldsmiths College, London. Most notable amongst the exhibitions he curated while at college was Freeze, in 1988, in which he exhibited his work and that of his contemporaries. The exhibition is widely believed to have been the starting point of the Young British Artist Movement, and a defining moment in kick-starting cutting edge British contemporary art.
Hirst’s body of work confronts the scientific, philosophical and religious aspects of human existence and includes sculpture, painting and printmaking. He has exhibited widely and was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995 for The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. In 2004, Hirst collaborated with Sarah Lucas and Angus Fairhurst to exhibit recent works at Tate Britain, under the title In-a-Gadda-da-Vida.
In 2006, works from the artist’s Murderme collection were exhibited at the Serpentine gallery, London: ‘In the darkest hour there may be light. ‘More recently, Hirst exhibited No Love Lost: Blue Paintings at The Wallace Collection, London, 2010; Cornucopia at Musée Océanographique de Monaco, 2010 and with Michael Joo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
In A Spin, from In A Spin Series
By Damien Hirst
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Damien Hirst
In A Spin, from In A Spin: The Action Of The World On Things
2002
Spin etching
S: 36 x 28 in. I: 6 x 4 in.
Edition o...
Category
Early 2000s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Etching
I Get Around, from In A Spin Series
By Damien Hirst
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Damien Hirst
I Get Around, from In A Spin: The Action Of The World On Things
2002
Spin etching
S: 36 x 28 in. I: 11 x 10 in.
Edit...
Category
Early 2000s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Etching
Love Will Tear Us Apart
By Damien Hirst
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Damien Hirst
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Plexiglas and sintra cabinet with various sized surgical syringes and needles
14 x 20 x 8 3/4 in.
Edition of 30
Signed, da...
Category
1990s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Spin me right round
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: Spin me right round
Series: In a Spin Volume 1
Date: 2002
Medium: Etching on 350gsm Hahnmuhle paper
Unframed Dimensions: 35.875" x 28"
Framed Dim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Much like the artists who pioneered the California Light and Space Movement, Gleason is interested in exploring the metaphysical possibilities of art. His silver deposit surfaces act...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Silver
Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Much like the artists who pioneered the California Light and Space Movement, Gleason is interested in exploring the metaphysical possibilities of art. His silver deposit surfaces act...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Silver
Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The Absorbed pieces are achieved using Gleason’s signature technique of deploying a thin coat of silver nitrate deposit over acrylic on canvas. Diverging from their ultra-gloss pred...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Silver
H13-5 Exmouth Esplanade
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: H13-5 Exmouth Esplanade
Series: Where the Land Meets the Sea
Date: 2023
Medium: Laminated Giclée prints on aluminium composite panel
Unframed Dimens...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Panel, Giclée
Butterfly Spin Painting - 2009 Stamp Authenticated Painting
By Damien Hirst
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Artist: Damien Hirst
Title: Butterfly Spin Painting
Year: 2009
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Paper
Edition: Unique original artwork
Signature: Stamp signed en verso
Unframed S...
Category
Early 2000s Art
Materials
Acrylic
H13-7 Mill Bay, Salcombe
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: H13-7 Mill Bay, Salcombe
Series: Where the Land Meets the Sea
Date: 2023
Medium: Laminated Giclée prints on aluminium composite panel
Unframed Dimen...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Panel, Giclée
The Hours Spin Skull 2009, Sculpture, Damien Hirst, YBAs, Contemporary Art
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
Damien Hirst, The Hours Spin Skull
2009
Sculpture (Glosspaint on plastic)
19 × 12.5 × 19.5 cm
(7.5 × 4.9 × 7.7 in)
Titled, not signed
In excellent condition.
Please note: the color ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Plastic
DAMIEN HIRST - KYNANCE COVE. Where the land meets the sea. Abstraction, British
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Damien Hirst - KYNANCE COVE
Date of creation: 2023
Medium: Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
Edition: 411
Size: 120 x 90 cm
Condition: Brand new and never framed
T...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Materials
Panel, Giclée
DAMIEN HIRST - EMPRESSES: WU ZETIAN - Limited. Butterflies Glitter Red
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
THE EMPRESSES - WU ZETIAN
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite and screen printed with glitter.
Edition number: 2.853 (1.284 physical + 1.569 ...
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Glitter, Panel, Giclée, Screen
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 Art
Materials
Enamel
H13-8 Woody Bay
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: H13-8 Woody Bay
Series: Where the Land Meets the Sea
Date: 2023
Medium: Laminated Giclée prints on alumi...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Panel, Giclée
H13-6 Pegwell Bay
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: H13-6 Pegwell Bay
Series: Where the Land Meets the Sea
Date: 2023
Medium: Laminated Giclée print on alum...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Panel, Giclée
H12-1 Beautiful, Profoundly Developed, Free But Unsocial, Almost Subterranean Va
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Giclée print on poly-cotton artist canvas mounted on birch plywood stretcher
Unique variant from an edition of 1,463
100 cm (39.4 in) Diameter
Signed on the front
Mint. Sold in t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Canvas, Plywood, Giclée
Fruitful (Large) by Damien Hirst, Colourful, Giclée Print, Contemporary Art
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
This vibrant work features abstract details from Damien Hirst's series of Cherry Blossom paintings and reinterprets the traditional subject of landscape painting.
Fruitful (large) b...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Giclée
Orange Deck Chair with Butterflies by Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
Hirst's Deckchairs use one of the artist's familiar motifs: a monochromatic background interrupted by a scattering of butterflies freezed in an eternal position.
Damien Hirst
Deckc...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
The Empresses (Set of 5), Limited Edition, 21st Century, YBA, Giclée Print
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a kaleidoscope effect.
The Empresses, Set of 5, 2022
Various edition sizes
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite, screen printed with glitter
100 × 100 cm
In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher.
The pieces are offered unframed.
Edition numbers might vary from what it is shown in the images
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious prints carefully composed of butterfly wings that create a kaleidoscope effect and are placed on a flaming red background. Each work has been carefully screen printed with glitter coat which offers that gleaming effect on them. Each Empress from this series is named after five...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Glitter, Giclée
Red Deck Chair with Butterflies by Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
Hirst's Deckchairs use one of the artist's familiar motifs: a monochromatic background interrupted by a scattering of butterflies freezed in an eternal position.
Damien Hirst
Deckc...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Yellow Deck Chair with Butterflies by Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
Hirst's Deckchairs use one of the artist's familiar motifs: a monochromatic background interrupted by a scattering of butterflies freezed in an eternal position.
Damien Hirst
Deckc...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Nūr Jahān by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a ka...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Glitter, Giclée
Theodora by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a ka...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Glitter, Giclée
Wu Zetian by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a ka...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Glitter, Giclée
Suiko by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a ka...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Glitter, Giclée
Blue Deck Chair with Butterflies by Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
Hirst's Deckchairs use one of the artist's familiar motifs: a monochromatic background interrupted by a scattering of butterflies freezed in an eternal position.
Damien Hirst
Deckc...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Wood
Taytu Betul by Damien Hirst, The Empresses, Red Butterflies kaleidoscope effect
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
“The Empresses” is a series of five glorious artworks named after influential female rulers. They are composed of butterfly wings placed on a flaming red background which create a ka...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Glitter, Giclée
Beneficence
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
A superb impression of this color giclée print on wove paper. Signed and numbered 20/50 in pencil by Hirst. Published by Other Criteria, London.
Category
2010s Modern Art
Materials
Color, Giclée
Studio Half Skull, Face On
By Damien Hirst
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2009, this color etching and aquatint is hand signed by Damien Hirst (Bristol, 1965-) in pencil on verso and is from the edition of 75.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Damien H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Screen
The Souls on Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight (U.P.)
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: The Souls on Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight (U.P.)
Date: 2010
Medium: Unique Etching on Hahnemühle paper
Unframed Di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Damien Hirst Supreme Skateboard Deck
By Damien Hirst
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst Spin Series Skate Deck, Supreme 2009
Medium: Screen print in colors on polychrome wood skateboard deck.
Excellent overal condition.
Dimensions: 31.1 x 7.68 in (78.99 x 19.51 cm).
Stamped signature and Supreme logo on reverse.
"Hirst first experimented with spin art in 1992 at his studio in Brixton (‘Beautiful Ray of Sunshine on a Rainy Day Painting and Beautiful Where Did All The Colour Go Painting’ (1992). The following year, he set up a spin art stall with fellow artist Angus Fairhurst at Joshua Compston’s artist led street fair, ‘A Féte Worse than Death’. Made up as clowns by performance artist Leigh Bowery, Fairhurst and Hirst invited visitors to pay £1 to create their own spin paintings to be signed by the pair, (and another £1 to drop their trousers and reveal their painted cocks and bollocks!)
The spin paintings are characterised by the works’ elongated titles, which begin with ‘Beautiful’ and end in ‘painting’, and their bright colours. The series began in earnest in 1994, when Hirst had a spin machine made whilst living in Berlin. A series of his machine-made spin drawings were subsequently exhibited at Bruno Brunnet Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, later that year. The exhibition ‘making beautiful drawings: an installation’, invited visitors to the gallery to make their own free drawings on a spin drawing machine made from a drill. The first Berlin-made spin painting exhibited was ‘Beautiful, pop, spinning ice creamy, whirling expanding painting’ (1995), at the Waddington Gallery, London, in 1995." (source: Damien Hirst site)
Related Categories:
Damien Hirst spin. Damien Hirst abstract. Damien Hirst skateboard...
Category
1990s Pop Art Art
Materials
Wood, Screen
H10 (the Empresses) (full set of 5)
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite, screen printed with glitter
Edition varies per work:
H10-1 Wu Zetian edition of 2853
H10-2 Nūr Jahān edition of 3041
H10-3 Theodora ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Glitter, Giclée
H9-8 Control
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
H9-8 Control, 2021
Hand signed and numbered on the label
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
47 1/4 x 37 3/4 in
120 x 95.9 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Art
Materials
Plexiglass
H9-7 Loyalty
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
H9-7 Loyalty, 2021
Hand signed and numbered on the label
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
47 1/4 x 37 3/4 in
120 x 95.9 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Art
Materials
Plexiglass
H9-6 Honour
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
H9-6 Honour, 2021
Hand signed and numbered on the label
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
47 1/4 x 37 3/4 in
120 x 95.9 cm
Edition 323 x 693
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Plexiglass
H9-5 Honesty
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
H9-5 Honesty, 2021
Hand signed and numbered on the label
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
47 1/4 x 37 3/4 in
120 x 95.9 cm
Edition 323 x 728
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Plexiglass
H9-3 Mercy
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
H9-3 Mercy, 2021
Hand signed and numbered on the label
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
47 1/4 x 37 3/4 in
120 x 95.9 cm
Edition 323 of 817
Category
2010s Art
Materials
Plexiglass
H9-2 Courage
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
H9-2 Courage, 2021
Hand signed and numbered on the label
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
47 1/4 x 37 3/4 in
120 x 95.9 cm
Edition 323 of 760
Category
2010s Romantic Art
Materials
Plexiglass
H9-1 Justice
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
H9-1 Justice, 2021
Hand signed and numbered on the label
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
47 1/4 x 37 3/4 inches
120 x 95.9 cm
Category
2010s Romantic Art
Materials
Plexiglass
Sanctum
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: Sanctum
Date: 2009
Medium: Unique Etching on Hahnemühle paper
Unframed Dimensions: 46.25" x 45.5"
Signature: Pencil signed
Edition: Unique Proof (...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
The Souls on Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien
Title: UP The Souls on Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight
Date: 2007
Medium: Unique Etching on Hahnemühle paper
Unframed Dimens...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art
Materials
Etching
Butterfly Heart
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Created by Damien Hirst in 2020 to support Britain’s national effort to assist those with covid-19, Butterfly Heart is a laminated giclee print in brilliant colors affixed to an aluminum panel. On a label on the back of this self-hanging artwork...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Giclée
Mickey (Blue Glitter) & Minnie (Pink Glitter), Damien Hirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Created as a matching pair of images by Damien Hirst in 2016, Mickey and Minnie are two very fun and highly collectible screenprints, each measuring 34 ½ x 27 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art
Materials
Glitter, Screen
Butterfly Rainbow (small) - Contemporary art, 21st Century, YBAs, Color, Print
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
Butterfly Rainbow (small) - Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée Print, Brush Stokes, Paint, Glossy, Limited Edition
Laminated Giclée print on alumin...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Giclée
Butterfly Heart (small) - Contemporary art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée
By Damien Hirst
Located in Zug, CH
Butterfly Heart (small) - Damien Hirst, Contemporary Art, 21st Century, YBAs, Colorful, Giclée Print, Brush Stokes, Paint, Glossy, Limited Edition
Laminated Giclée print on aluminiu...
Category
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Art
Materials
Giclée
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