Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Property from a Distinguished Private American Collection
Skull of a Unicorn
Auction Closed
June 28, 12:29 PM GMT
Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private American Collection
Damien Hirst
b. 1965
Skull of a Unicorn
incised with the artist's signature, numbered 1/3 and stamped with the artist's foundry stamp on the underside of the skull
silver
125 by 22.6 by 75.5 cm. 49.2 by 8⅞ by 25 in.
Executed in 2010, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3, plus 2 artist's proofs.
Venice, Punta della Dogana, Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable, August - December 2017, pp. 121 and 325, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Rome, Galleria Borghese, Archaeology Now, June - November 2021, pp. 129 and 132, illustrated in colour; and p. 252 (text) (ed. no. unknown)