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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Untitled
- watercolor and oilstick on paper
- 21 1/2 by 14 7/8 in. 80 by 37.8 cm.
- Executed in 1981-1982.
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
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1994)
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2008)
Heather James Gallery, Palm Desert
Acquired from the above by the present owner in August 2012
Rita Krauss, New York (acquired from the above in 1992)
Joel Kessler Fine Art, Miami Beach
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1994)
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2008)
Heather James Gallery, Palm Desert
Acquired from the above by the present owner in August 2012
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist's working method and the sheet has discolored slightly with age. The colors are bright and fresh. The evidence of wear and minor accretions along the bottom half of the sheet are presumably inherent to the artist’s working method and intent. The sheet is hinged verso to the matte 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.
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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
"His sophistication as an artist was exceptional. For example, the many abstract passages of unusual beauty in his paintings show that he would have had considerable success working in that idiom, had it still been fashionable in the 1980s. But such passages demonstrate not only that he understood how abstract paintings were made. More important, he knew that abstraction was a technique that could be applied to difference circumstances and purposes throughout the arts.”
Marc Mayer in “Basquiat in History,” in Exh. Cat., Brooklyn Museum, Basquiat, 2005, p. 55