English artist Damien Hirst

The famous artist Damien Hirst decided on an absolute novelty. Normally, new works of art are sold through galleries, Hirst took a chance to sell their work directly through the auction house. Experiment udalsya- generally 223 unique works of the artist, some of which were only partially zakocheny brought profit in the sum of 145 million. Euros! 90 mln. Euros have been bailed out only in the first two days. Thereby Pikasso- Hurst broke the record in 1983, his paintings were sold for 14 million. Euro.

At the auction, titled «Beautiful Inside My Head» were presented unusual paintings, sculptures and drawings by the artist. Let's look at some of them?

1. The auction house Sotheby's.





2. For a record 13 million. Euro is sold «The Golden Calf». This lot is a formaldehyde-filled tank, which is bull hooves of gold and a gold disc between the horns.



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4. Almost 12 million. Euro has not regretted the new owner for «The Kingdom».



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6. Picture «Beautiful Love Demelza» sold for 970 thousand. Euro. This amount is the artist donated to charity.



7. The price of this picture-902.210 €



8. «After The Flood». The work recalls the story of Noah's ark.



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11. & quot; Anatomy of an Angel & quot ;. Sculpture unites classic themes workers science and religion.



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14. cranial motive of many works of Hirst.



15. «Pigs Might Fly»



16. The artist in front of a sculpture «The Incredible Journey»



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19. Canned dead animals were, of course, in the center of interest, but the rest of the work as worthy of public attention.



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22. Damien Hirst



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