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A Life of Beauty: The Collection of John Cheim

Jean-Michel Basquiat

No Hay Crimen ©

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November 16, 02:02 AM GMT

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1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD

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A Life of Beauty: The Collection of John Cheim

Jean-Michel Basquiat

1960 - 1988


No Hay Crimen © 

oilstick, colored pencil and paper collage on canvas 

44 ½ by 27 ¼ in. 113 by 69.2 cm.

Executed in 1983. 

Richard Hambleton, New York (acquired directly from the artist) 

Robert Miller Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above in May 1992 by the present owner

Berta Sichel, "Jean-Michel Basquiat," Art Nexus, October 1992, no. 6, p. 68, illustrated in color (detail)

Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1st ed., vol. II, Paris, 1996, no. 5, pp. 80-81, illustrated in color 

Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 2nd ed., vol. II, Paris, 1996, no. 5, pp. 106-107, illustrated in color 

Mark Heldens, "Interieur New York: De Verenigde Staat," Elle Women, June/July 1998, p. 76, illustrated in color

Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 3rd. ed., vol. II, Paris, 2000, no. 5, pp. 168-169, illustrated in color

Mark Heldens, "Helder en Nostalgisch," Knack Magazine, 2007, p. 45, illustrated in color

New York, New York University, Grey Art Gallery; Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol Museum; and Austin Museum of Art, The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene 1974-1984, January 2006 - January 2007

New York, Cheim & Read, I Am As You Will Be - The Skeleton in Art, September - November 2007, n.p., illustrated in color