
The McLean
A large-scale oil painting by Damien Hirst, *The McLean* presents the artist's signature spot composition — a grid of evenly spaced, uniformly sized colored circles set against a white background. Each dot is rendered in a distinct, pharmaceutical hue, evoking associations with medicine, chance, and the systematic nature of scientific classification. The work is presented in the artist's own frame, reinforcing Hirst's ongoing interrogation of value, authorship, and the relationship between art and its institutional context.
- Medium
- oil on canvas, in artist's frame
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 15, 2015
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