Property from the Collection of Ella Fontanals-Cisneros with Proceeds to Partially Benefit the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO)
Damien Hirst
The Body of Christ
Live auction begins on:
September 26, 05:15 PM GMT
Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 USD
Bid
750,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Ella Fontanals-Cisneros with Proceeds to partially Benefit the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO)
Damien Hirst
b. 1965
The Body of Christ
glass, stainless steel, steel, aluminum, nickel, paracetamol pills and blood
72 ⅞ by 47 ⅜ by 4 in.
185.3 by 120.3 by 10.2 cm
Executed in 2005.
Galería Hilario Galguera, Mexico City
Acquired from the above in 2007 by the present owner
Mexico City, Galería Hilario Galguera, Damien Hirst: The Death of God. Towards a Better Understanding of a Life Without God Aboard the Ship of Fools, February - August 2006, p. 27, illustrated in color (detail) and p. 29, illustrated in color