Live Auction 7914Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Lot 20 Property from a Private American Collection 

Damien Hirst (b. 1965)

Mystic

Closed14 October 2010

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GBP 361,250

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Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Mystic
signed, titled and dated '"mystic" Damien Hirst 2006' (on the reverse)
butterflies and household gloss paint on canvas in artist's frame
48 x 48in. (121.9 x 121.9cm.)
overall: 63 5/8 x 63 5/8 x 5 7/8in. (161.5 x 161.5 x 14.7cm.)
Executed in 2006

Gagosian Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

'You have to find universal triggers, everyone's frightened of glass, everyone's frightened of sharks, everyone loves butterflies'
(D. Hirst, i want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now, London 1997, p. 132).