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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Estimate
125,000 - 175,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Untitled
- watercolor and oilstick on paper
- 21 3/4 by 15 in. 55.2 by 38.1 cm.
- Executed in 1981-1982, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the authentication committee of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Provenance
Private Collection, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Rita Krauss, New York (acquired from the above in 1992)
Joel Kessler Fine Art, Miami Beach
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1994
Condition
This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of soft undulation to the sheet. There is a faint vertical crease across the centre of the work, which is presumably inherent to the support. The sheet is floating under Plexiglas and hinged intermittently to the acid free matte. Framed.
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
Inner thoughts are made public in graffiti-like litanies of words and other bursts of expression; distinctions between private spaces and public places are dissolved; past and present are interwoven, and levels of reality are multiplied and scrambled; the imagined realms of paradise, hell, and purgatory become indistinguishable.
Jeffery Hoffeld (Exh. Cat., New York, The Mugrabi Collection, Jean-Michael Basquiat, 1999, p. 28)