Lot 148
  • 148

Damien Hirst

Estimate
280,000 - 350,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Damien Hirst
  • Gorgeous Concentric Red Blue Hot Cold Painting with Green Centre
  • signed on the reverse
  • household gloss on canvas

  • diameter: 213.4cm.; 84in.
  • Executed in 2002.

Provenance

White Cube, London
Arario Gallery, Korea
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Korea, Arario Gallery, British Contemporary, 2003-2004

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is a 5 cm rub mark to the centre of the extreme left edge. There is a minute speck of paint loss to the central left section of the red ring.
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Catalogue Note

"I personally absolutely totally love colour. What got me into art is colour. Absolutely nothing else... I love colour more than [I do] most people."
(Damien Hirst cited in: Damien Hirst & Gordon Burn, On The Way to Work, London 2001, p. 69)