Name: Cyclizine
Brand: Damien Hirst
Rating: 5 (231 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of Damien Hirst’s Cyclizine (signed) is estimated to be worth between £7,000 and £10,500. This woodcut print, created in 2010, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 48%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of three sales since its entry to the market in May 2014. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £3,254 in September 2017 to £8,000 in June 2021, offering sellers a strong average return of 49%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 48.

Auction Date

Auction House

Location

Hammer Price

Return to Seller

Buyer Paid

September 2022

Phillips London

United Kingdom

December 2017

Christie's New York

United States

May 2014

Whyte's

Ireland

Meaning & Analysis

Cyclizine is a woodcut print from Damien Hirst’s 12 Woodcut Spots series from 2010. The print shows four spots that are identical in size and shape, depicted in red, blue, green and pink. Across the artist’s vast oeuvre every spot painting represents a unique combination of colours. The 12 Woodcut Spots series is an exploration of colour and form that is distinctly Hirstian.

The 12 Woodcut Spots series recalls Hirst’s widely recognised spot paintings that date from 1986 to 2011. Since 1986, Hirst has created over 60 spot paintings a year, it’s ‘grid formula’ establishing the basis for an endless series. The endlessness of the series allows for an infinite exploration of harmonious and contrasting colour combinations.

The titles of the prints in this series are based on names of chemical compounds and are abstract in their lack of signifying something tangible in the world. The chemical name evokes a nondescript powder or pill that exacerbates the incessant endlessness to the series. Hirst in 2000 remarked on the impact of an installation of multiple spot paintings, “it’s an assault on your senses. They grab hold of you and give you a good shaking. As adults, we’re not used to it. It’s an amazing fact that all objects leap beyond their own dimension.”