Lot 310
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DAMIEN HIRST | Prayer II

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Damien Hirst
  • Prayer II
  • household gloss on canvas with gold leaf
  • 17 by 19 in. 43.2 by 48.3 cm.
  • Executed in 2003.

Provenance

White Cube, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in November 2003

Exhibited

London, White Cube, Romance in the Age of Uncertainty, September - October 2003, p. 143, illustrated in color

Literature

Jason Beard and Millicent Wilner, Eds., Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings, 1986-2011, London 2013, p. 284, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Under very close inspection, there is a brown pinpoint accretion along the left vertical edge 3 ½ inches from the bottom left corner tip. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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