British artist Damien Hirst’s latest work of art has sold for $100 million to an unnamed investment group and Hirst will reportedly get paid in cash. “For the Love of God” is a life-size cast of a human skull in platinum and covered by 8,601 pave-set diamonds weighing 1,106.18 carats. The single large diamond in the middle of the forehead is reportedly worth $4.2 million alone. Hirst financed the project himself, and estimates it cost between 10 and 15 million.
(Prudence Cuming Associates/Reuters)
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Posted on August 31, 2007 at 05:06 PM | Comment (3 comments)
