Lot Essay
‘I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.’
–Jean-Michel Basquiat
–Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Details
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
Untitled
oilstick and tape on paper collage
10 ½ x 8 ½in. (26 x 20.9cm.)
Executed in 1985
Untitled
oilstick and tape on paper collage
10 ½ x 8 ½in. (26 x 20.9cm.)
Executed in 1985
Provenance
Robert Miller Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Private Collection, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Galerie Enrico Navarra (ed.), Les Dessins de Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris 1999 (illustrated in colour, p. 229).
Exhibited
New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Drawings, 1990, no. 53 (illustrated in colour, p. 53).
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