Details
DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)
Happy
signed 'D hirst' (lower centre)
syringes, needles, synthetic resin, butterflies, paracetamol pills and household gloss on canvas
1118 x 1018 x 278in. (28.2 x 25.5 x 7.2cm.)
Executed in 2008, this work is number thirty-nine from a series of fifty, each unique
Provenance
Private Collection, France.
Anon. sale, Piasa Paris, 3 December 2010, lot 346.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special notice
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