Equilin
Equilin
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
£4,850-£7,500Value
Indicator
$9,500-$14,500 Value Indicator
$8,500-$13,000 Value Indicator
¥45,000-¥70,000 Value Indicator
€5,500-€9,000 Value Indicator
$50,000-$70,000 Value Indicator
¥900,000-¥1,390,000 Value Indicator
$6,000-$9,500 Value Indicator
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Medium: Woodcut
Format: Signed Print
Year: 2011
Size: H 30cm x W 30cm
Edition size: 55
Signed: Yes
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The value of Damien Hirst's Equilin (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,750 to £7,000. This woodcut artwork from 2011 has seen a total of 4 sales at auction to date. The hammer price has ranged from £3,058 in January 2020 to £5,457 in January 2021. The average return to the seller is £3,537, and the artwork has shown a promising increase in value with an average annual growth rate of 38%. The first sale at auction was in November 2016. The edition size of this artwork is limited to just 55, making it a unique addition to any collection.
Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | Equilin - Signed Print | |||
| January 2021 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | Equilin - Signed Print | |||
| January 2020 | Wright - United States | Equilin - Signed Print | |||
| November 2016 | Bonhams Knightsbridge - United Kingdom | Equilin - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Equilin is a woodcut print from Damien Hirst’s 40 Woodcut Spots series from 2011. The print shows a perfect circle in blue, positioned in the centre of the square composition. Set against a plain white backdrop, this print appears like a drastically cropped version of one of Hirst’s more recognisable spot paintings. As a result, Equilin is decidedly abstract.
Much like all of the spot paintings that Hirst has produced in his career, Equilin is formulaic and crisp in form, though it is drastically different in composition. The blue spot is a perfect circle, with its clean edges and bright, flat colours deceptively indicating a lack of human touch in its production. In the 1980s, the spot paintings marked a shift in Hirst’s artistic career, where he began to employ assistants to complete the painstaking and laborious task of producing these works.
Fascinated by intuitive colour choice from his days at Goldsmiths, Hirst claims that the spot paintings have removed any problems he previously had with colour, allowing him to present a perfect arrangement of colour that is never repeated. Equilin is a study in blue, with the depiction of a single spot. It is striking in its simplicity and it prompts the viewer to think about colour, form and composition.
