Lot 6041
  • 6041

DAMIEN HIRST | N-Chloroacetyl-l-Phenylalanine (PFS) Crystalline

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Damien Hirst
  • N-Chloroacetyl-l-Phenylalanine (PFS) Crystalline
  • dated 1997 and dedicated on the stretcher; signed on the reverse
  • household gloss on canvas
  • 91.4 by 114.3 cm. 36 by 45 1/8 in.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to the present owners

Exhibited

Paris, Gagosian Gallery, Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011, January - February 2012, p. 156, illustrated in colour
London, Tate Modern, Damien Hirst, April - September 2012, p. 57, illustrated in colour
Doha, Qatar Museums Authority, Damien Hirst: Relics, October 2013 - January 2014, p. 89, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection in bright light reveals some minute drying cracks in places to the edges and to the left of the olive spot, which is three spots down from the top edge and three spots in from the right hand edge. Further extremely close inspection reveals some extremely light handling marks in places to the extreme overturn edges and a very faint and short rub mark to the left of the pale green spot towards the bottom left hand corner. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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