Damien Hirst

Skull of a Unicorn

VAT reduced rateArtist's Resale RightUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

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.

White Cube, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exh. Cat., Venice, Punta della Dogana, The Undersea Salvage Operation: Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable, 2017, pp. 206 and 233, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)

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)