Live Auction 12159Post-War & Contemporary Art Afternoon Sale
Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Lot 509 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION

Damien Hirst (b. 1965)

The Kiss of Death

Closed16 November 2016

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USD 125,000

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Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
The Kiss of Death
signed 'Damien Hirst' (on the reverse)
butterflies and household gloss on canvas
12 x 12 in. (30.4 x 30.4.)
Executed in 2005.

White Cube, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"You get the beauty of the butterfly, but it is actually something horrible. It is like a butterfly has flown around and died horribly in the paint. The death of an insect that still has this really optimistic beauty of a wonderful thing. I remember thinking about that. They don’t rot like humans.” – Damien Hirst