Lot 452
  • 452

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • Back of the Neck
  • signed and dated 1983

  • color screenprint with hand painting
  • 50 1/4 by 101 in. 127.5 by 256.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1983, this work is from an edition of 24, plus 3 artist's proofs.

Exhibited

New York, Vrej Baghoomian, Inc., Jean-Michel Basquiat, October - November 1989, p. 69, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Paris, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paintings, Sculptures, Works on Paper and Drawings, 1989, pp. 36-37 (another example exhibited)
Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Recife, Museu de Arte Moderna; Sao Paulo, Pinacoteca, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Obras Sobre Papeis, 1997-1998, pp. 102-103 (another example exhibited)
Los Angeles, Gagosian Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Paintings and Drawings, 1980 - 1988, February - March 1998, no. 17, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Literature

Richard Marshall, Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 1992, p. 243, illustrated in color
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jean-Michel Basquiat: King for a Decade, Japan, 1997, p. 80, illustrated in color
Tony Shafrazi, Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 1999, p. 175, illustrated in color
Enrico Navarra and Richard Marshall, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Works on Paper, Paris, 1999, pp. 342-343, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good overall condition. There is a slight undulation to the sheet and light evidence of handling. The edges of the sheet are deckled. Otherwise, there are no apparent condition problems with this work. This work has not been examined out of frame. Framed under Plexiglas.
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