Live Auction 16979Post-War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Lot 900 Property from a Private Collection

Damien Hirst (b. 1965)

Universal Love

Closed16 May 2019

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USD 287,500

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Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Universal Love
signed ‘Damien Hirst’ (on a paper label affixed to the stretcher)
household gloss and butterflies on canvas
42 x 51 3/8 in. (106.9 x 130.5 cm.)
Executed in 2001.

White Cube, London
Private collection, Fort Lauderdale
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 3 March 2017, lot 93
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

“I think rather than be personal you have to find universal triggers: everyone’s frightened of glass, everyone’s frightened of sharks, everyone loves butterflies.” -- Damien Hirst