THE FOLLOWING LOT IS SOLD TO BENEFIT TURNER CONTEMPORARY, MARGATE, CATALYST ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN

A NEBUCHADNEZZAR OF ENGLISH SPARKLING BLANC DE BLANC CREATED TO CELEBRATE THE ONE MILLIONTH VISITOR TO TURNER CONTEMPORARY

CHAPEL DOWN WINERY, 2007, BOTTLED IN 2013

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A NEBUCHADNEZZAR OF ENGLISH SPARKLING BLANC DE BLANC CREATED TO CELEBRATE THE ONE MILLIONTH VISITOR TO TURNER CONTEMPORARY
CHAPEL DOWN WINERY, 2007, BOTTLED IN 2013
Signed by: Damien Hirst with a sketch of a shark; Antony Gormley with an outline of a male figure; Tracey Emin with a self-portrait; and Edmund de Waal with a list of his works:

“These are my favourite titles

a promise
the practice of everyday life
an order, a whole
on travel in winter
all the help you need
Kamen
on the middle watch
some words for music
Reading at night
weights and measures
ars poetica
atmosphere
from the Book of Days
the fascination of what’s difficult
from the collection of a private man

Words can be art too "
31 1/8 in. (79 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Turner Contemporary in Margate opened on 16 April 2011. This unique 15-litre Nebuchadnezzar was produced to celebrate the one millionth visitor in August 2013. Weighing 26kg, it is the equivalent of 10 magnums, or 120 glasses, and contains around 60 million bubbles.

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