Lot 205
  • 205

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • Untitled (Space Pork)
  • signé
  • encre rouge sur papier
  • 35 x 27,8 cm; 13 3/4 x 11 in.
  • Exécuté en 1977.

Provenance

Vrej Baghoomian, New York
Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

New York, Vrej Baghoomian, Inc., Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1989
Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Jean-Michel Basquiat: oeuvres sur papier, 1997; catalogue, p.23, illustré en couleurs
Paris, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Témoignage 1977-1988, 1998; catalogue, p.7, illustré en couleurs
Berlin, Galerie Picture show, Jean-Michel Basquiat, hits on paper, 2001; catalogue, p.3, illustré en couleurs

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue although the the overall tonality is lighter in the original. The work is in good condition. It is excecuted on buff wove paper taped to the mount along the upper edge. There are two artist's holes with reinforcements along the upper edge and a light discoloration along the edges. The lower right corner is slighty turned down. There is a slight crease in the lower part of the work. There are some light marks made by a wet substance : in the lower right corner, along the lower right edge and in the lower left corner. There are two light marks in the middle of the sheet visible under very close inspection.
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Catalogue Note

signed; red ink on paper. Executed in 1977.