Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION
Damien Hirst (b. 1965)

The Kiss of Death

Details
Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
The Kiss of Death
signed 'Damien Hirst' (on the reverse)
butterflies and household gloss on canvas
12 x 12 in. (30.4 x 30.4.)
Executed in 2005.
Provenance
White Cube, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Lot Essay

"You get the beauty of the butterfly, but it is actually something horrible. It is like a butterfly has flown around and died horribly in the paint. The death of an insect that still has this really optimistic beauty of a wonderful thing. I remember thinking about that. They don’t rot like humans.” – Damien Hirst

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