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It's A Beautiful Day 5 - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2013 - MyArtBroker

It's A Beautiful Day 5
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£6,000-£9,000 VALUE (EST.)

$11,500-$17,000 VALUE (EST.)

$10,000-$15,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥50,000-¥80,000 VALUE (EST.)

7,000-10,500 VALUE (EST.)

$60,000-$90,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥1,050,000-¥1,570,000 VALUE (EST.)

$7,500-$11,000 VALUE (EST.)

20% AAGR (5YR)

This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

Block print, 2013
Signed Print Edition of 55
H 66cm x W 49cm

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2020Christie's London - United KingdomIt's A Beautiful Day 5 - Signed Print
June 2018Phillips London - United KingdomIt's A Beautiful Day 5 - Signed Print
April 2017Phillips New York - United StatesIt's A Beautiful Day 5 - Signed Print
May 2015Bonhams New York - United StatesIt's A Beautiful Day 5 - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

In its stark display, the butterfly in It’s A Beautiful Day 5 appears like an insect in a natural history museum cabinet. As with all the works in the It’s A Beautiful Day series, Hirst flattens the otherwise hyperrealist butterfly with the block colour backdrop and its deliberately centred position. The scientific precision with which the butterfly is rendered emphasises this notion of the insect display cabinet. Indeed, Hirst conflates the scientific with the aesthetic throughout this series. The aesthetic comes into play in the creation of a beautiful image that uses bright and complimentary colours.

Hirst uses the butterfly motif throughout his artistic oeuvre as a ‘universal trigger.’ This motif helps the artist to explore the uncertainties at the core of human experience: love, life, death, loyalty and betrayal through unconventional media. The It’s a Beautiful Day series points to this exploration in its title that evokes a sense of fleeting happiness.

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