Lot 455
  • 455

DAMIEN HIRST | Kaleidoscope VII

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Damien Hirst
  • Kaleidoscope VII
  • butterflies and household gloss on canvas
  • 24 by 24 in. 61 by 61 cm.
  • Executed in 2004.

Provenance

White Cube Gallery, London
Private Collection, London
Haunch of Venison, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in June 2005

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. All butterfly elements appear to be secure and intact. Embedded paint bristles and fine fibers are visible throughout, inherent to the work. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

"I like the idea of a thing to describe a feeling. I like ideas of trying to understand the world by taking things out of the world. You kill things to look at them...I hope at first glance it will look alive. It could have to do with the obsession with trying to make the dead live or the living live forever." Damien Hirst