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Auction result
Happiness
Damien Hirst (British, b. 1965) · 2008
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $25,000 – $35,000 (≈ £19,067 – £26,693) (≈ €22,212 – €31,097)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “syringes, needles, butterflies, paracetamol pills, synthetic resin, and household gloss on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Edition
- 32/35
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed “Damien Hirst” lower center; stamped with the artist’s stamp on the overlap · Damien Hirst signature
- Category
- Other
- Dimensions
- 14 5/8 x 17 1/2 in. (37.1 x 44.5 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art (NY011023)
- Date
- July 18, 2023
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 69
- Estimate
- $25,000 – $35,000 (≈ £19,067 – £26,693) (≈ €22,212 – €31,097)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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