The Empresses (H10-1 bis H10-5). 2022.
Five laminated Giclée-Prints with glitter on aluminum dibond panels.
Each signed and typographically numbered on the HENI edition label on the reverse. All with the same edition number from editions of 2.853, 3.041, 3.315, 3.310 and 2.814 copies. 100 x 100 cm (39.3 x 39.3 in).
The series contains: Wu Zetian (H10-1), Nur Jahan (H10-2), Theodora (H10-3), Suiko (H10-4) and Taytu-Betul (H10-5). Published by HENI Editions in 2022. Each in original box. [AM].
• Hirst is tone of the most successful and most popular artists of his generation.
• Complete series of five giclée prints named after empresses from different epochs.
• Butterflies are a key motif in Hirst's oeuvre: For his unique exhibition "In and Out of Love“ (1991) the artist bred butterflies in one of the show rooms.
• His editions are in many renowned international museums like the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Tate Gallery, London, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.