Auction 322: Contemporary Art | Evening Sale | 7 December 2023
Damien Hirst

The Empresses

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Auction 322
Lot 740N
Damien Hirst
1965 Bristol
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Series of 5 silkscreen prints with glitter particles on laminated giclée artist’s prints on aluminium bond panels. (2022). Each ca. 100 x 100 cm (sheet size). Numbered copies from an edition of 2,853, 3,041, 3,315, 3,310 and 2,814 respectively. Signed on the reverse on the edition labels.

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Published by Heni Editions, London, with stamp and label on the reverse.

Description

In Damien Hirst’s Empresses series, each print features a unique pattern of red and black butterfly wings. This pattern follows on from his famous kaleidoscope painting series from the early 2000s. Not only are the prints a playful nod to monarch butterflies, but they also honour five important empresses from history: Wu Zetian, Theodora, Nūr Jahān, Suiko and Taytu Betul.

Period

Contemporary art

Technique

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