Black lacquer on wood. Signed and dated 'Friedrich Kunath 2004' (underside of anchor), in five elements. This work is unique. Exhibition History Los Angeles, Blum & Poe, 'We were the one thing in the galaxy God didn’t have his eyes on', April-May 2004. Aspen Art Museum, Friedrich Kunath: 'Rising vs. Setting', May-August 2008, pp. 131 and 197. Hannover, Germany, Kunstverein Hannover, 'Home wasn't built in a day', November 2009-January 2010. Provenance Blum & Poe (Los Angeles) | Private collection (Los Angeles) | Artificial Gallery (London)

Dettol is perhaps one of the most versatile in cleaning fluids, since it can be used as an antiseptic for cuts and wounds, as a floor and surface cleaner, and even (until recently when it was found to be detrimental to the ecosystem) as a form of pest control. The brightly colored cleaning products, with their Pop-art style lettering and childishly pleasing forms, are employed by the artist as a symbol of contemporary society’s utopian aspirations, Hirst explains: "they give us hope, some might say false hope, they seem to say that we can achieve immorality through cleanliness, that we can somehow make the bad things in the world go away, which of course we can’t."

Executed in 1994, this work is from an edition of 10. Exhibited: LONDON, White Cube Hoxton Square, Cerith Wyn Evans: Inverse Reverse Peverse, April-May 1996/ LONDON, Hayward Gallery, Material Culture, April-May 1997/ PRAGUE, City Gallery of Prague, Close Echoes, September-November 1998/ YPRES, Merghelynek Museum, Lost/Past, June-September 2002/ BERLIN, Deutsche Guggenheim, The Vanity of Allegory, July-October 2005.

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COA Included VAT may be applied after the sale if applicable

COA included

COA included

The artwork is unique, and it includes COA. VAT will be applied after sale if applicable.

Certificate of Authenticity included