Lot #1422: DAMIEN HIRST - Theories, Models, Methods, Approaches, Assumptions, Results and Findings - Multiple

           

Artist: Damien Hirst (English, b.1965).
Title: "Theories, Models, Methods, Approaches, Assumptions, Results and Findings".
Medium: Multiple.
Date: Composed 2000.
Lot Note(s): Signed on the box. Fine impression. Fine condition. Provenance: Private collection, Leeds, England. Comment(s): Rarely encountered signed. Invitation/announcement for Hirst's exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in New York, September, 2000. The object consists of a small cardboard box (40 x 40 x 40mm); stamped on the lid with the artist's name, the gallery name, and exhibition opening date) which contains both a white ping pong ball screened with the exhibition title and a single printed sheet with text on both sides, cradling the ball. The folded insert lists poison control centers, details of the exhibition, and a flow-chart on "the pathophysiology of death." This highly ephemeral, charming, humorous, clever, and uncommon object was sent through the mail to a relatively small number of friends of the gallery. [26311-19-400]