Lot 258
  • 258

After Jean-Michel Basquiat

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • After Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • Untitled (Head)
  • screenprint in colors on watercolor paper
  • sheet: 1016 by 1016 mm 40 by 40 in
Screenprint in colors, 2001, with the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat stamp on the verso, signed by Gerard Basquiat in pencil and dated, numbered 83/85 on the recto (total edition includes 15 artist's proofs), on Saunders 410 Hot Press watercolor paper, printed by Brand X Editions, New York, published by DeSanctis Carr Fine Art, Los Angeles, framed

Condition

The print is in generally good condition, the full sheet printed to the edges. An approximately 1.5 inch semi-circular crease with associated ink cracking and another soft, inconspicuous approximately 5.5 inch diagonal crease in the lower left corner. Slight undulation to the sheet. A thin, approximately 1 inch crease with associated ink cracking in the upper right corner. The corners slightly softened and a few tiny nicks at extreme sheet edges. The verso in good condition, only partially examined.
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