Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)

Untitled

Details
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
Untitled
marker on paper
16 x 13 ¼ in. (40.6 x 33.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1981. This work is registered with the Authentication Committee of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat under number 60008.
Provenance
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
Anon. sale; Perrin-Royere-Lajeunesse, Versailles, 26 April 1998, lot 136
Private collection
Anon. sale; Artcurial, Paris, 3 April 2007, lot 383
Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 24 September 2009, lot 170
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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Lot Essay

”In many ways, Basquiat felt most at ease when working on paper…In contrast to the production of a painting on canvas or a mixed media assemblage, both of which a priori required Basquiat to have studio space, he could work on paper virtually anywhere, at any time. And in many ways this is precisely what occurred.”-Fred Hoffman
(F. Hoffman, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Drawing, exh. cat., Acquavella, New York, 2014, p. 34).

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