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Damien Hirst — The McLean
Damien Hirst

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

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 15, 2015

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Damien Hirst, 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
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Damien Hirst, Bold Colors, Male Artist, Spot Painting, Conceptual Art, British Artist, Contemporary Artist, Geometric Pattern, Contemporary Art, Dot Painting, Framed Work, Abstract, Vibrant Colors, Playful Mood, Oil on Canvas, Post-Modern, Dot Series

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Sarah Greenspan, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Brittany Laques