Damien Hirst

White Cube, London
Private Collection
Christie’s, New York, May 9, 2006, lot 88
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Jason Beard and Millicent Wilner, eds., The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011 Damien Hirst, London, 2013, p. 130, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. There are a few scattered areas of light surface craquelure, most noticeable in the top left corner, approximately 14 inches from the top edge and 4 inches from the left edge, and in the top right corner, 5 inches from the top edge and 10 inches from the right edge. Under ultraviolet light condition there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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"I was always a colorist. We've already talked a lot, I think, about always having a phenomenal love of color. About being a complete colorist. I sometimes think that I'm the best fucking colorist that exists at the moment. I mean, I just move color around on its own. So that's where the spot paintings came from–to create that structure to do these colors, and do nothing. I suddenly got what I wanted, It was just a way of pinning down the joy of color."
Damien Hirst