Jean-Michel Basquiat

Back of the Neck | 《項背》

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March 25, 08:05 PM GMT

Estimate

350,000 - 450,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Distinguished Collection

Jean-Michel Basquiat

尚・米榭・巴斯基亞

1960 - 1988

Back of the Neck

《項背》

signed and dated 1983; numbered 3/24 on the reverse

款識：藝術家簽名並紀年1983

colour screenprint with hand painting

彩色網印及手繪

127.3 by 258.4 cm. 50 ⅛ by 101 ⅞ in.

127.3 x 258.4 公分；50 1/8 x 101 7/8 英寸

Executed in 1983, this work is number 3 from an edition of 24 plus 3 artist's proofs.

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist)

Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 2008, Lot 572 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

R. Marshall, Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York 1992, p. 243, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

T. Kawachi, Ed., Jean-Michel Basquiat: King for a Decade, Japan 1997, p. 80, illustrated (edition no. unknown)

T. Shafrazi, Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York 1999, p. 175, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)

E. Navarra and R. Marshall, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Works on Paper, Paris 1999, p. 342-43, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)

F. Hoffman, The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York 2017, p. 132, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)

P. Schjeldahl, ‘Basquiat’s Memorial to a Young Artist Killed by Police’, The New Yorker, illustrated (online, edition no. unknown)