Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable
Subtitle: One Hundred Drawings
Publisher: Other Criteria
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781906967826
Subjects: Drawing, british; Ships in art; Art, modern, 21st century, exhibitions
Description: This book presents a series of drawings on vellum and paper, rendered in a range of mediums including silverpoint, ink, lapis lazuli pigment and gold leaf. Complete with scrawled annotations and collection stamps, the Renaissance-style drawings depict each of the 100 artworks that constitute Damien Hirst's "Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable". The book features a comprehensive list of works in the drawing series and a text by Amie Corry.