The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
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The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living is an artwork created in 1991 by Damien Hirst, an English artist and a leading member of the "Young British Artists" (or YBA). It consists of a preserved tiger shark submerged in formalin in a glass-panel display case.
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Artist | Damien Hirst |
Year | 1991 |
Type | Tiger shark, glass, steel, 5% formaldehyde solution |
Medium | Conceptual Installation |
Movement | Anti-Stuckism Postmodernism |
Subject | Life, apparent death |
Dimensions | 213 cm × 518 cm × 213 cm (84 in × 204 in × 84 in) |
It was originally commissioned in 1991 by Charles Saatchi, who sold it in 2004 to Steven A. Cohen for an undisclosed amount, widely reported to have been at least $8 million. However, the title of Don Thompson's book, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art, suggests a higher figure.
Owing to deterioration of the original 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark, it was replaced with a new specimen in 2006. It was on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from 2007 to 2010.[1]
It is considered an iconic work of British art in the 1990s,[2] and has become a symbol of Britart worldwide.[3]