From Bacon and Burroughs to Halley and Lucas the art collection of Damien HirstThis unique publication presents a varied selection of works from Damien Hirsts personal collection including early pieces by Haim Steinbach paintings by Francis Bacon sculptures by Sarah Lucas Peter Halleys signature DayGlo geometric canvases largescale works by Gary Hume and one of William S. Burroughs shotgun paintings. Other highlights include works by John Currin Sherrie Levine Helen Frankenthaler Jeff Koons Jannis Kounellis Gerhard Richter Andy Warhol and Franz West.This sleek colorful hardcover volume contains four foldout sections and fullcolor plates. Accompanying the plates is an extract from a rare Burroughs text Painting and Guns first published by the cult American publisher Hanuman Books in 1992 in which Burroughs discusses the making of his shotgun art and the relationship between painting and writing.