The rules for prints and canvas are different.

Canvas - no colours are the same. They mix from household paints as they go - so technically, if mixed by hand/human - no colours can be identical.

Prints are different - in some additions, some colours repeat, this is more prevalent when the prints are screened. Its all down to costs - the more colours, the harder to get alignment, etc.

Although not confirmed, my eyesight it rubbish - the Hirst Spot travel print does repeat colours - Im just not sure/clever enough/see well enough to work out how many colours are on the print in total - although I think its 18+ (from a quick calculation).

Anyone got time to study the pictures??

Not convinced it 420 separate colours - would that not be a world record that was last broken by EINE?


To quote from the article - which is fantastic, worth a read....

"It’s finally here. After almost a year since AM took on Damien Hirst’s Spot Challenge and ran the gauntlet of 11 galleries around the globe, the reward has arrived for the 128 participants who completed the trip around the world. Entitled Hypothalamus Acetone Powder (can anyone explain what this substance is?), this massive silk-screened print measures 59 x 53 inches and is an amazing example of the British artist’s “Spot” artwork. Consisting of 420 uniquely colored one inch dots, this piece required a mind-boggling four hundred and twenty different screens as Hirst’s spots never repeat a color! With that in mind, the tough wait doesn’t seem so long considering the amount of work that went into creating this print."

Ive tried to get an answer from Gagosian without response on this point and mines back in the tube.

for sale

hypothalamus acetone powder 53x59inches 28/128 signed 'for james(heart)damien hirst (skull shark butterfly)'

() indicates doodle.unique drawings.

closed edition print, huge, 2 inch spots, screen print edition especially made the winners of the spot challenge in conjunction with gagosian gallery. closed, not for sale edition. perfect condition.

8k great future investment. selling out of necessity.

PM me or email at whatsthepointofitall@hotmail.com

*NO SWAPS

*please keep opinions out of the thread, if you dont want to buy thats your choice.

Do you have a ball park figure?

ball parks are quite expensive.

no, i think the print is special. a good collectors piece. i just think you need to compare to similar sizes and past print sales etc. if serious i think youll be clued up on this.

Id prefer email messages actually.

Out of interest was there any terms set by Gasgoian on resale of these ? I remember some members talking about going to signings before knowing any print details.

Cheers good luck with it, im sure it would do well at auction or via a 'Hirst' secondary gallery.

Great piece - so sorry you find yourself having to sell, after all the effort of getting one.
Agree that the doodled sig's on these make them extra special.
GL with the sale.

memories are all i need

I dont want to sell, and i may not, but i cannot justify having it someone makes a good offer. I luckily had planeed on going travelling long before i read about the spot challenge. i only needed to add hong kong onto my itinery and travel through geneva to do this.bonus!

I wouldn't say "great future investment" when Hirst works lost 30% of their original sale price...

I was just being cheeky, I'm sure you'll have no problems selling this.

i disagree, every item is different, apparently its not a problem from the interest ive gotten so far.

I feel these sort of comments are for a different discussion board not a selling thread.

youre welcome to make an offer.

As a Spot Challenger myself I wish you the best of luck on the sale.