Bromphenol Blue

Maker

(artist)
born 1965

(printmaker)
born 1965

(publisher)

Title

Bromphenol Blue

Date of Production

2005

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 38 cm
Width: 48.2 cm

Accession Number

G.2010.XX.7

Mode of Acquisition

Charles Booth-Clibborn, gift, 2010

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2023

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



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Label Text

Hirst’s spot paintings, which he first produced in the early 1990s, are among his most famous and important works. In 2005 he returned to the theme for a series of prints, which include Bromphenol Blue. The title is that of a chemical colour marker widely used for the study of DNA. Such associations resonate with the print which creates its overall aesthetic effect from an arrangement of 96 differently coloured ‘cells’.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

The Courtauld Collects - 20 Years of Acquisitions, Somerset House & London & England, 17/06/2010-19/09/2010

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : :

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