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Plate measures 93.3 x 85.5 cm. Sheet measures 119 x 108 cm. Framed. Overall frame measures 125 x 114 cm.// Against a deep, enveloping black ground, a human skull materialises in shimmering detail, its surface composed entirely of hundreds of butterflies arranged in meticulous symmetry — their iridescent wings hand-coloured by Hirst in gouache, making every impression in this edition a unique work. Victory Over Death is a monumental photogravure etching that directly references Hirst's landmark sculpture For the Love of God, the platinum cast of a skull encrusted with 8,601 diamonds that became the most expensive work of art by a living artist at the time of its creation. Where the sculpture speaks of wealth and spectacle, this hand-finished print variant introduces intimacy: the artist's own hand intervenes in each impression, applying colour to the mechanical intaglio process and transforming the serial into the singular. The butterfly, a recurring motif across Hirst's oeuvre, serves as a symbol of the soul, transformation, and the fragile boundary between life and death — themes that have animated his practice since the early 1990s. The title itself carries unmistakable Christian overtones, invoking resurrection and the transcendence of mortality, while the skull remains Western art's most potent vanitas symbol. This hand-finished variant is significantly rarer and more sought after than the standard edition, owing to the direct intervention of the artist on each sheet. As a convergence of Hirst's most iconic imagery — the skull, the butterfly, the tension between the mechanical and the handmade — this work occupies a central place in his printed oeuvre and in the broader history of early twenty-first-century British art. It is a commanding and deeply collectible work that distils the conceptual and visual power of one of the most significant art objects of our time into a format accessible to the private collector.
Victory Over Death Hand Finished Print, 2008
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Plate measures 93.3 x 85.5 cm. Sheet measures 119 x 108 cm. Framed. Overall frame measures 125 x 114 cm.// Against a deep, enveloping black ground, a human skull materialises in shimmering detail, its surface composed entirely of hundreds of butterflies arranged in meticulous symmetry — their iridescent wings hand-coloured by Hirst in gouache, making every impression in this edition a unique work. Victory Over Death is a monumental photogravure etching that directly references Hirst's landmark sculpture For the Love of God, the platinum cast of a skull encrusted with 8,601 diamonds that became the most expensive work of art by a living artist at the time of its creation. Where the sculpture speaks of wealth and spectacle, this hand-finished print variant introduces intimacy: the artist's own hand intervenes in each impression, applying colour to the mechanical intaglio process and transforming the serial into the singular. The butterfly, a recurring motif across Hirst's oeuvre, serves as a symbol of the soul, transformation, and the fragile boundary between life and death — themes that have animated his practice since the early 1990s. The title itself carries unmistakable Christian overtones, invoking resurrection and the transcendence of mortality, while the skull remains Western art's most potent vanitas symbol. This hand-finished variant is significantly rarer and more sought after than the standard edition, owing to the direct intervention of the artist on each sheet. As a convergence of Hirst's most iconic imagery — the skull, the butterfly, the tension between the mechanical and the handmade — this work occupies a central place in his printed oeuvre and in the broader history of early twenty-first-century British art. It is a commanding and deeply collectible work that distils the conceptual and visual power of one of the most significant art objects of our time into a format accessible to the private collector.
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