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Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
- I'm in Love for the First Time

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Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
I'm in Love for the First Time
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • $1,273,000
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    $1,200,000 - $1,600,000

Sale Information

Sale 1997
Post War And Contemporary Art Evening Sale
13 May 2008
New York, Rockefeller Plaza




Lot Description

Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
I'm in Love for the First Time
household paint and butterflies on canvas in artist's frame
diameter: 96 in. (243.8 cm.)
Painted in 1999.

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Lot Notes

"[Love] seems so difficult to sustain. Love is realistic; desire is unrealistic. It's easier to blindfold yourself, change your girlfriend every 6 months and not look in the mirror than to live with someone forever and see change. Although I'm tired of the word Love, it's like 'God'. Instead of saying 'I love you', I want to say, 'I'm delighted you're alive.'" (D. Hirst, quoted in exh. cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, Damien Hirst: No Sense of Absolute Corruption, 1996, p.116-17).

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