Contemporary Day Auction, including Works on Paper from the Duerckheim Collection

Contemporary Day Auction, including Works on Paper from the Duerckheim Collection

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Damien Hirst

Ife Head, Female

Artist's Resale RightUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Damien Hirst

b. 1965


Ife Head, Female

incised with the artist's signature, dated MMXI and numbered 2/3 (on the underside)

gold and silver

31 by 21.5 by 16 cm. 12¼ by 8½ by 6¼ in.

Executed in 2011, this work is number 2 from an edition of 3, plus 2 artist's proofs.

White Cube, London

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Punta della Dogana, Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable, Damien Hirst, April - December 2017, pp. 114 and 321, illustrated in colour; and 364, illustrated in colour (installation view) (another example exhibited)

Rome, Galleria Borghese, Damien Hirst: Archaeology Now, June - November 2021, p. 68, illustrated in colour (detail); p. 69, illustrated in colour (installation view); and p. 249, illustrated in colour (another example exhibited)