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Are you interested in this item? This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Original rare first edition 5 colour Gravure print by Damien Hirst.
This ‘wall chart’ of pills and pharmaceutical products was producedby Hirst for the famous 'Pharmacy Restaurant' in London in 1997.
The piece measures 54 cm x 46 cm and is in perfect condition. This first edition print contains the actual pharmaceutical names of each product, which meant Hirst and the pharmacy restaurant were forced to destroy all remaining rolls at risk of being sued by pharmaceutical giant Merck, making it a rare item.
In 2004 Hirst redesigned the wallpaper, adding biblical titles and references to biblical passages to avoid copyright issues. This second edition of 1000 rolls was in screenprint / serigraph form and is not to be confused with the much rarer first edition in 5 colour Gravure form for which you are bidding on.
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