Damien Hirst

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

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Description

Damien Hirst
Untitled (Two Spin Drawings)
(i) signed, dated 1994 and numbered 64/100
(ii) signed, dated 1994 and numbered 31/100
(i) watercolour, pastel, wax crayon and felt tip pen on paper
(ii) watercolour, pastel, wax crayon, felt tip pen and ink on paper
each: 21 by 14.5cm.; 8 1/4 by 5 3/4 in.

Provenance

Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1994

Exhibited

Berlin, Contemporary Fine Arts, Damien Hirst – Making Beautiful Drawings, 1994

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality of (i) is brighter and more vibrant, with the orange circle tending more to fluorescent orange and the peach inner circle and paint drips more to pink in the original. The paper tone of (i) and (ii) is warmer in the originals. Condition: These works are both in very good condition. The sheets are hinged to the backing mounts in the top two corners. (i) There is a short crease to the top left corner tip and the lower left corner tip (ii) There is some artist's smudging to the top and lower edges
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Catalogue Note

The present lot consists of two of Damien Hirst's earliest spin-drawings. Made in 1994 for an exhibition at Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin entitled Making Beautiful Drawings, these works can be seen as the creative germ for the series of monumental spin paintings that Hirst began making the following year using household gloss paint on rapidly revolving canvases. The drawings for the show at Contemporary Fine Arts were made during Hirst's residency that year in Berlin's 'Artists-in-Berlin Programme' of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). It was a period of tremendous growth and personal development for Hirst; one that culminated in his winning the 1995 Turner Prize and a reputation as the leading artist of his YBA generation.