Porter Rhodes

Details

Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
Porter Rhodes
signed, titled and dated 'Porter Rhodes Damien Hirst 2006' (on the reverse); signed 'D. Hirst' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 2006

Provenance

Auction to benefit Laurence Graff's charity, F.A.C.E.T. (For Africa's Children Every Time), Christie's London, 12 October 2009, lot 15.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Special Notice

From time to time, Christie's may offer a lot which it owns in whole or in part. This is such a lot. Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

‘Diamonds are about perfection and clarity and wealth and sex and death and immortality. They are a symbol of everything that's eternal, but then they have a dark side as well.’
(D. Hirst, quoted in R. Nikkhah, ‘Damien Hirst courts controversy with diamond-studded baby's skull’, in The Telegraph, 9 January 2011)

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