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© Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Rober Mair / Art UK

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A naked pregnant woman, with half her body and head flayed to show her internal anatomy including a foetus, holding aloft in her right hand a sword and in her left hand held behind her back a small set of scales. She is standing upon a heap of books, some with legal subject titles.
Title

Verity

Medium

stainless steel, bronze & fibreglass

Measurements

H 2025 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

EX34_RM_S005

Acquisition method

on loan

Work type

Statue

Owner

Damien Hirst

Custodian

North Devon Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

October 2012

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

on the spine of one of the volumes in cursive handwriting: Damien Hirst; and on two others: PANGOLIN / EDITIONS

Inscription description

on the spines of four of the volumes in impressed lettering: RUNGWE & KINGDON / THEORY OF EVIDENCE / IN THE CIVIL COURT / 2012; and: JUDE / TYRRELL / PADDY / BARNES / SPIKE-MAISIE / STIG; and CLAUDE & KOENIG / LAW OF NEGLIGENCE / AND NUISANCE / 12TH EDITION; and ALFRED, WILSON & BOUSOUET / COMPETITION LAW HANDBOOK / 17TH EDITION

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Located at

The Quay, Ilfracombe

EX34 9EQ

Located on the end of the harbour wall.