Spinning Around
Spinning Around
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
£1,600-£2,450Value
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$3,050-$4,700 Value Indicator
$2,750-$4,200 Value Indicator
¥14,500-¥22,000 Value Indicator
€1,850-€2,850 Value Indicator
$16,000-$24,000 Value Indicator
¥300,000-¥460,000 Value Indicator
$2,000-$3,100 Value Indicator
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Medium: Etching
Format: Signed Print
Year: 2002
Size: H 124cm x W 104cm
Edition size: 68
Signed: Yes
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The value of Damien Hirst's Spinning Around (signed) is estimated to be worth between £1,600 to £2,400. This etching from 2002 has had a total of 3 sales at auction to date. The hammer price in the last five years was £1,259 on 19th July 2023. The average return to the seller over this period has been £1,070, with the artwork showing a steady increase in value with an average annual growth rate of 2%. The first sale at auction was on 15th March 2006. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 68.
Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Leonard Joel, Melbourne - Australia | Spinning Around - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Spinning Around is a signed etching from Damien Hirst’s second volume of The Action Of The World Upon Things from 2002. The print shows very tightly rendered concentric circles, depicted in blue and purple and with very thin, scratchy lines. Hirst’s signature, the print date and title can faintly be seen inscribed into the surface of the etching.
To create the In A Spin, The Action Of The World On Things, Hirst attached copper plates to a spin machine in his studio, drawing on them with sharp tools as the machine rotated. The use of the rotating machine is reminiscent of the optical experiments of the Dada artist Marcel Duchamp from the 1920s and ’30s. While Duchamp used motorised spinning devices to create optical illusions, Hirst instead uses a spin machine towards aesthetic and expressionistic ends.
Hirst’s aim to create these spin works for aesthetic purposes was made clear in his 1994 installation exhibition, Making Beautiful Drawings. During this exhibition, visitors could create their own spin drawings on a pedal-powered turntable machine, highlighting Hirst’s interest in interrogating originality and repetition throughout his artistic oeuvre.
