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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 15, 2022 | Phillips | New York | 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 24 | $****** - ****** | To Repel Ghosts |
paintings
212.7 x 90.8 x 31.8 cm (83.75 x 35.75 x 12.5 in)
acrylic, oil, oilstick and Xerox collage on wood
signed, titled and dated "TO REPEL GHOSTS Jean MB 85" on the reverse
Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zurich and Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Hans Sonnenberg, Rotterdam (acquired by 1986)
Vrej Baghoomian, Inc., New York
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1992
Salzburg, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Bilder 1984-1986 , July 27-August 31, 1986, p. 18 (illustrated, p. 19 and on the exhibition pamphlet)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Centre Culturel Français, Jean-Michel Basquiat , October 10-November 7, 1986
Rotterdam, Galerie Delta, Jean-Michel Basquiat: To Repel Ghosts , 1986 (illustrated on the exhibition poster)
New York, Vrej Baghoomian Inc., Jean-Michel Basquiat , October 21-November 25, 1989, no. 28, n.p. (illustrated)
Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, The Jean-Michel Basquiat Show , September 19, 2006-January 28, 2007, no. 146, p. 42 (illustrated, pp. 40, 282; installation view of the present work in progress with the artist in the artist's studio, New York, 1985, illustrated, p. 41)
Monza, Arengario e Serrone della Villa Reale, Gli anni 80: Il trionfo della pittura. Da Schifano a Basquiat , October 17, 2009-February 14, 2010, p. 113 (illustrated)
Cathleen McGuigan, "New Art, New Money: The Marketing of an American Artist," The New York Times Magazine , February 10, 1985, p. 20 (installation view of the present work in progress with the artist in the artist's studio, New York, 1985, illustrated)
Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat , vol. II, Paris, 1996, no. 4, p. 139 (illustrated, p. 138)
Phoebe Hoban, "To Repel Ghosts," in Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art , New York, 1998, p. 133
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf , exh. cat., Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, 1999 (Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, 1986, installation view illustrated on the back cover)
Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat , vol. II, Paris, 2000, no. 4, p. 227 (illustrated, p. 226)
signed, titled and dated "TO REPEL GHOSTS Jean MB 85" on the reverse
acrylic, oil, oilstick and Xerox collage on wood
83 3/4 x 35 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (212.7 x 90.8 x 31.8 cm)
Executed in 1985.
