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Stop
Work Summary & Collector Notes
'Stop' is a 2017 silkscreen from Damien Hirst's 'Eat the Rich' series, adopting the crisp, minimalist look of a pharmaceutical package while replacing the medicine's name with a single command. Published by Other Criteria at 40 x 30 inches in a signed, numbered edition of 150.
Collector notes: The saved release record describes: Edition of 150. The saved release record describes: signed; numbered. Verify each feature against a documented example of this edition.
Why It Matters
The imperative 'Stop' reads at once as a traffic sign, a warning label, and a plea, giving the print a tension between the reassuring order of medicine and the anxiety of prohibition. It exemplifies how Hirst mines the design language of the pharmacy to interrogate our reliance on chemical solutions.
Collector Perspective
Within the twelve-part series, 'Stop' carries one of the more universally legible titles, which broadens its appeal. Collectors drawn to Hirst's conceptual pharmaceutical strand will find the edition of 150 and Other Criteria publishing a dependable foundation. It pairs naturally with other 'Eat the Rich' prints for those building a set.
Historical Context
The series revisits territory Hirst opened with his 'Medicine Cabinets' and the thirteen-part 'Last Supper' prints, both of which repurposed the trusted graphics of medicine and consumption. 'Stop' continues his long inquiry into the body, mortality, and the industries that promise to manage both.
Documented Release Details
- Object type
- Editioned screenprint
- Release date
- 2017
- Release-date note
- Catalog-listed release year from the saved secondary record; primary release-page confirmation remains pending.
- Medium and materials
- Screen Print; catalog dimensions 40 x 30 inches; Silkscreen print; 'Eat the Rich' is a new series of twelve screenprints that depicts pharmaceutical packaging in which the tablet's brand name has been replaced by a word implying violence or force; Similar to the thirteen-part 'Last Supper' screenprints, 'Eat the Rich' illustrates the artist's "obsession with the body" and the medical industry attached to it, in which confidence is exuded through minimalist designs that perpetuate "the modernist fantasy […] that everyone and everything can be cured.".
- Edition details
- The saved release record describes: Edition of 150.
- Signature and marks
- The saved release record describes: signed; numbered. Verify each feature against a documented example of this edition.
Documented History and Meaning
History note: This page treats Damien Hirst's broader career as background context, not proof that this specific edition belongs to any single exhibition or event. Release-level facts here come from a saved secondary catalog record.
Meaning / interpretation: No per-work artist statement is recorded for this edition. Any thematic reading should be treated as interpretation of the imagery, not a documented statement of the artist's intent. This interpretive note follows the cited artist or publisher context.
Release context: The saved catalog lists 2017 and attributes the edition to Other Criteria. The saved description also notes: Published by Other Criteria.
Authentication, Presentation and Provenance
- Original presentation
- The saved release description references: 'Eat the Rich' is a new series of twelve screenprints that depicts pharmaceutical packaging in which the tablet's brand name has been replaced by a word implying violence or force. Confirm any original sleeve, tube, box, or backing board copy by copy.
- Authentication note
- Compare the support, dimensions, edition number, and signature against a documented example of this edition. Gauntlet Gallery does not authenticate works purchased from third parties.
- Provenance note
- Edition origin is attributed in the saved record to Other Criteria. That does not establish the ownership history of an individual copy: retain the original invoice, reseller or gallery paperwork, labels, correspondence, and condition photographs.
Sources and Verification
Verification status: Secondary catalog snapshot; artist-level context added
- Saved release record — Art Collectorz · secondary catalog snapshot · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Starting record for title, year, edition, dimensions, medium, and release description. Primary confirmation against the original release page remains pending.
- Damien Hirst — official site — Damien Hirst studio (Science Ltd.) · primary artist source · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Official artist site; career context, not an individual-edition record.
- Damien Hirst — Wikipedia · reference encyclopedia · Accessed 2026-07-13 · General artist-level biographical and career reference.
- Damien Hirst (Q294326) — Wikidata · reference knowledge base · Accessed 2026-07-13 · Structured identifier used for the artist across catalog metadata.
FAQ
What are the dimensions and edition size?
The print is 40 x 30 inches (1016 x 762 mm), signed and numbered in an edition of 150, published by Other Criteria.
What does the title refer to?
In 'Eat the Rich', each medicine's brand name is swapped for a word implying force or command; here it is the single word 'Stop'.
Is this a screenprint or a photographic work?
It is a silkscreen (screenprint), the medium used across the twelve prints in the series.
