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I Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am 2 - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2007 - MyArtBroker

I Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am 2
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

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Aquatint, 2007
Signed Print Edition of 48
H 93cm x W 85cm

Jasper Tordoff
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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2020Chiswick Auctions - United KingdomI Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am 2 - Signed Print
June 2012Leonard Joel, Melbourne - AustraliaI Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am 2 - Signed Print
April 2009Ketterer Kunst Hamburg - GermanyI Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am 2 - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

Like other prints in this series, I Once Was What You Are Now 2 depicts a white skull emerging from a darkened background. With it’s chin slightly raised the skull sends a message to the viewer, challenging us to take heed. ‘The Skull’ as memento mori is a motif found throughout the history of art; it is also a recognisable symbol in Hirst’s own ouvre where the balance of life and death is a theme commonly explored.

I Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am 2 can be appreciated either in isolation, or as a part of the intended group of six artworks. It is also worth considering prints in this series alongside the six etchings which comprise The Souls On Jacob’s Ladder Take Their Flight. Conceived and created in tandem, these artworks show brightly coloured butterflies on a black background.

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