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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
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Description
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Untitled ('Bird')
- signed on the reverse
- oilstick on paper
- 36 by 24 in. 91.4 by 61 cm.
- Executed in 1982.
Provenance
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Boston (acquired from the above in 1982)
Sotheby's, New York, 20 November 1996, Lot 371
Lio Malca, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1998)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Private Collection, Boston (acquired from the above in 1982)
Sotheby's, New York, 20 November 1996, Lot 371
Lio Malca, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1998)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Annina Nosei Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat, March - April 1982
Literature
Taka Kawachi, Ed., King For a Decade: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kyoto 1997, p. 48, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The slight undulation to the sheet, a soft vertical crease down the right side and various soft creases throughout, a slight ripple to the sheet along the top and bottom edges and faint shoeprints visible along the right edge are all likely inherent to the artist’s working method and intent. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat intermittently along the edges. Framed under Plexiglas.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"In Basquiat's figures, this Warholian image of 'life back from the dead' (a zombie-like cast transforming the features of the living into instant ancestral commemorations) takes on a distinctly new form, 'feeling' and content...it becomes both a silhouette and an X-ray. The silhouette of a half-spooky, half-humorous black figure that appeared years ago on many New York walls, particularly on street corners in rundown neighborhoods...it conveyed a striking sense of isolation (and, of course, loneliness), vulnerability that became in itself a shield."
Francesco Pellizzi, "Black and White All Over" in Exh. Cat., Art Gallery of Ontario, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now's the Time, 2015, pp. 186-187