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Jean-Michel Basquiat

Catharsis, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1983

29 March 2023 in Art Comment

Catharsis, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1983

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Catharsis

signed, titled and dated “Jean-Michel Basquiat CATHARSIS 1983” on the reverse
acrylic and oilstick on canvas, in three parts
72 x 93 3/4 in. (182.9 x 238.1 cm)
Executed in 1983

Provenance
Marsha Fogel, New York
Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Phillips de Pury & Co., New York, May 12, 2005, lot 46
Private Collection
Christie’s, New York, November 8, 2011, lot 50
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited
New York, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat, October 21 – November 25, 1989, no. 8, p. 9 (illustrated)

Literature
Tony Shafrazi, Jeffrey Deitch and Richard Marshall, eds., Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 1999, p. 181 (illustrated)
Richard Marshall, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 2000, no. 7, pp. 158-159 (illustrated)

Artist Biography
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American, 1960 – 1988

One of the most famous American artists of all time, Jean-Michel Basquiat first gained notoriety as a subversive graffiti-artist and street poet in the late 1970s. Operating under the pseudonym SAMO, he emblazoned the abandoned walls of the city with his unique blend of enigmatic symbols, icons and aphorisms. A voracious autodidact, by 1980, at 22-years of age, Basquiat began to direct his extraordinary talent towards painting and drawing. His powerful works brilliantly captured the zeitgeist of the 1980s New York underground scene and catapulted Basquiat on a dizzying meteoric ascent to international stardom that would only be put to a halt by his untimely death in 1988.

Basquiat’s iconoclastic oeuvre revolves around the human figure. Exploiting the creative potential of free association and past experience, he created deeply personal, often autobiographical, images by drawing liberally from such disparate fields as urban street culture, music, poetry, Christian iconography, African-American and Aztec cultural histories and a broad range of art historical sources.

Phillips

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled

12 March 2023 in Art Comment

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
Signed “Jean-Michel Basquiat” on the reverse
Tempera and oilstick on paper
40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm)
Executed in 1982, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Authentication Committee of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Provenance
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica
Private Collection
Christie’s, New York, May 20, 1999, lot 187
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Artist Biography
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American, 1960 – 1988

One of the most famous American artists of all time, Jean-Michel Basquiat first gained notoriety as a subversive graffiti-artist and street poet in the late 1970s. Operating under the pseudonym SAMO, he emblazoned the abandoned walls of the city with his unique blend of enigmatic symbols, icons and aphorisms. A voracious autodidact, by 1980, at 22-years of age, Basquiat began to direct his extraordinary talent towards painting and drawing. His powerful works brilliantly captured the zeitgeist of the 1980s New York underground scene and catapulted Basquiat on a dizzying meteoric ascent to international stardom that would only be put to a halt by his untimely death in 1988.

Basquiat’s iconoclastic oeuvre revolves around the human figure. Exploiting the creative potential of free association and past experience, he created deeply personal, often autobiographical, images by drawing liberally from such disparate fields as urban street culture, music, poetry, Christian iconography, African-American and Aztec cultural histories and a broad range of art historical sources.

Phillips

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Jean Michel Basquiat — Paintings, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo

1 January 2021 in Books Comment

Jean Michel Basquiat. Paintings, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, December 2-25, 1985

Jean Michel Basquiat. Paintings
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, December 2-25, 1985
[Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT]

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Ring, 1981

29 August 2020 in Art Comment

Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Ring, 1981

Jean-Michel Basquiat
The Ring, 1981

Acrylic and oilstick on canvas
60 × 48 in
152.4 × 121.9 cm

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, 1983

8 August 2020 in Art Comment

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, 1983

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled, 1983

oilstick on paper
22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm)
Executed in 1983

Provenance
Elise Boisanté Fine Arts, New York
PS Gallery, Tokyo (acquired from the above in August 1985)
Private Collection, United States
Phillips, London, March, 8, 2018, lot 26
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited
Tokyo, PS Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat, October 8 – December 4, 1987
Tokyo, Min Min Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat, April 11 – 15, 2015

Phillips

Artist Bio

Jean-Michel Basquiat
American 1960 – 1988

One of the most famous American artists of all time, Jean-Michel Basquiat first gained notoriety as a subversive graffiti-artist and street poet in the late 1970s. Operating under the pseudonym SAMO, he emblazoned the abandoned walls of the city with his unique blend of enigmatic symbols, icons and aphorisms. A voracious autodidact, by 1980, at 22-years of age, Basquiat began to direct his extraordinary talent towards painting and drawing. His powerful works brilliantly captured the zeitgeist of the 1980s New York underground scene and catapulted Basquiat on a dizzying meteoric ascent to international stardom that would only be put to a halt by his untimely death in 1988.

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Member© Samo

6 June 2020 in Art Comment

Member© Samo

Member© Samo

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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