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DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)

Lot 6
07.12.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1076483
Lot 6 | DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 700 000
DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)

The Severed Head of Medusa

stamped with the artist's signature, number, date and foundry mark 'Damien Hirst 2⁄3 MMX111' (on the underside)

gold, silver, in artist's display cabinet

sculpture: 12 5⁄8 x 15 5⁄8 x 15 5⁄8 in. (32 x 39.7 x 39.7 cm.)

display cabinet: 94 ½ x 31 ½ x 31 ½ in. (240 x 80 x 80 cm.)

Executed in 2013, this work is number two from an edition of three plus two artist's proofs





Provenance

White Cube.

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2016.



Literature

Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable. Damien Hirst, exh. cat., Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Punta della Dogana, 2017 (illustrated in colour, pp. 106-107 and 326; installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 364-365).

M. Squire, J. Cahill and R. Allen (eds,), The Classical Now, exh. cat., London, King's College London, The Arcade at Bush House & Inigo Rooms at Somerset House, 2018 (illustrated in colour, pp. 20-21).

Minerva Magazine, March/April 2018, vol. 29, no. 2 (illustrated in colour, p. 21).

Age of Classics! L'Antiquité dans la culture pop, exh. cat., Toulouse, Musée Saint-Raymond, 2019, no. 4 (illustrated in colour, p. 199; incorrectly titled 'Medusa' and dated '2017').

Damien Hirst - Archaeology Now, exh. cat., Rome, Galleria Borghese, 2021, no. 37 (illustrated in colour, p. 252; detail illustrated in colour, unpaged).



Exhibited

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Punta della Dogana, Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable, 2017.

London, King's College London, The Arcade at Bush House & Inigo Rooms at Somerset House, The Classical Now, 2018.

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, 2018-2019.

Toulouse, Musée Saint-Raymond, Age of Classics! L'Antiquité dans la culture pop, 2019.

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2019-2021 (Inv. no. CL17).

Rome, Galleria Borghese, Damien Hirst - Archaeology Now, 2021.

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2021-2022 (Inv. no. CL17).
Artist:Damien Hirst (1965)
Art style:Contemporary art
Auction house category:Sculptures
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