Live Auction 18727Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Lot 212 Property from a Private American Collection

Damien Hirst (b. 1965)

Midas Wish

Closed10 July 2020

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USD 350,000–550,000

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Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Midas Wish
signed, titled and dated '"Midas Wish" 2007 Damien Hirst' (on the reverse); signed again 'Damien Hirst' (on the stretcher)
household gloss and butterflies on canvas
diameter: 72 in. (182.9 cm.)
Executed in 2007.

Private collection

Specialist note

"I wanted these paintings to be more real than a de Kooning painting, where the colour leaps off the canvas and flies around."
- Damien Hirst