White Periodic Table

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Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
White Periodic Table
signed 'Damien Hirst' (lower right); signed 'D Hirst' (on the overlap); signed 'D Hirst' (on the reverse); signed 'Damien Hirst' (on the stretcher)
acrylic on gesso primed canvas
61 x 86 ¼in. (155 x 219cm.)
Painted in 2004

Provenance

Damien Hirst's Pharmacy, Sotheby's London, 18 October 2004, lot 154.
Private Collection, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

‘ Chemistry is one of the sciences that shows us the building blocks of life. If that’s not exciting enough then what is?’
– Damien Hirst, interview with Royal Society of Chemistry, 8 June 2006

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