DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965) Controlled Substance Key Painting (1 inch...

DAMIEN HIRST (B. 1965)
Controlled Substance Key Painting (1 inch spot)
1994

signed twice and dated 1994 on the reverse; stamped twice with the artist's stamp on the stretcher
household gloss on canvas

30.5 by 30.5 cm.
12 by 12 in.
Provenance
Jay Jopling Collection, London
White Cube, Hong Kong
Private Collection, China
Sale: China Guardian Auctions Co., Beijing, Contemporary Art Evening Sale (II), 13 June 2023, Lot 1755
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited
London, Gagosian Gallery, Damien Hirst, The Complete Spot Paintings, 1986-2011, 2012, p. 90, illustrated in colour

Controlled Substance Key Painting belongs to Damien Hirst's Controlled Substances paintings, part of his Spot Paintings series; another example from this group of works is held in the ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland.