Jean-Michel Basquiat

Untitled

Found at Sothebys, New York
Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 24
18. May - 18. May 2017
Estimate: 60.000.000 - 60.000.010 USD
Price realised: 110.487.500 USD
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960 - 1988
UNTITLED
signed, inscribed NYC and dated 82 on the reverse
acrylic, spray paint and oilstick on canvas
72 1/8 by 68 1/8 in. 183.2 by 173 cm.
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York | Phoebe Chason, New York (acquired from the above in January 1982) | Alexander F. Milliken, New York (acquired from the above by June 1982) | Christie’s, New York, May 8, 1984, Lot 77 | Acquired by the present owner from the above

A top price for Jean-Michel Basquiat

This artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in May 2017. In the Contemporary Art Evening Auction auction, the work without title sold for USD 110,487,500.00 (€ 98,333,481.67) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000,010.00. This high result makes the work without title the most expensive artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Jean-Michel Basquiat

Dieses Kunstwerk von Jean-Michel Basquiat erzielte im Mai 2017 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Contemporary Art Evening Auction wurde diese Arbeit ohne Titel für USD 110.487.500,00 (€ 98.333.481,67) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000.010,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht das Werk ohne Titel zum teuersten Kunstwerk von Jean-Michel Basquiat, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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