Memento 6
Memento 6
Signed Print
Damien Hirst
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Medium: Intaglio
Edition size: 30
Year: 2008
Size: H 108cm x W 120cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Christie's New York - United States | Memento 6 - Signed Print | |||
| June 2020 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Memento 6 - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Memento 6 is one of a series of 13 intaglio prints from 2008 by Damien Hirst titled the Memento series. The print shows an image of a butterfly with its wings outspread, set against a black backdrop. The butterfly is coloured with dimmed, glowing shades of purple and has a subtle luminous quality that stands out against the dark background.
The subject matter of the Memento series is representative of Hirst’s most celebrated iconography: the skull, the diamond and the butterfly. The series comprises six prints of butterflies, six of skulls and one of a diamond skull, each image sharing the same composition and set against a dark backdrop. On this repetition in his work, Hirst has explained: “People are afraid of change, so you create a kind of belief for them through repetition. It’s like breathing. So I’ve always been drawn to series and pairs.”
Hirst’s Memento series shores up the duality that structures the core of human experience, depicting objects that represent the constant psychic tussle between life and death, beauty and decay, desire and fear, love and loss. Each print in the series shows a physical manifestation of this set of beliefs and ideas, depicted in meticulous detail so as to emphasise this visceral confrontation with the viewer that Hirst wishes to convey.
