[Damien Hirst]
An elaborate piece of publishing that captures Hirst at his most inventive and provocative. A first edition Hirst's first book published in 1997, looking at his full range of work to date, including paintings, scluptures, installations and films. The artist's book is packed full of over 700 images, pop-ups and inserts.
Damien Hirst. Edited by Robert Violette. Designed by Jonathan Barnbrook. Booth-Clibborn Editions. London. 1997. First edition. Hardback, large quarto; red boards, dust jacket. 334 pages. With inserts, pop-ups, loose sheets, stickers, die-cuts, folding plates, varied paper stock. Loose poster and sheet of stickers loosely inserted. English. 340 x 300mm. 3.35kg. 9781873968444. Very good, in very good dust jacket; slight marks to boards; internally fine.