May 24, 2021
NFTs to be Sold in Online-Only Auction and Redeemable for Tangible Works from the Artist's Cloud of Petals Project
HONG KONG, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Phillips is pleased to announce the sale of
"Bitchcoin" by conceptual artist Sarah Meyohas, an early pioneer in the crypto field.
Exhibition view of Sarah Meyohas: Cloud of Petals. Red Bull Arts New York, in New York City, NY, USA on 10 October, 2017
Predating the launch of Ethereum by five months, in February 2015, Meyohas released "Bitchcoin", one of the first tokenizations of art on the blockchain. Though artworks in their own right, these coins were tied to and redeemable for unique examples from the artist's physical oeuvre. Now, working directly with the artist Phillips will offer 5 bundles of a total of 480 "Bitchcoins" in an online-only sale, open for bidding from 25-28 May. These new "Bitchcoins" are backed by pressed and preserved rose petals from Meyohas' 2017