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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 14, 2019 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 5 | $****** - ****** | FAMOUS NEGRO ATHLETES |
Works on Paper
58.7 x 88.9 cm (23.11 x 35 in)
oilstick on paper
Acquired directly from the artist in 1981.
New York, Vrej Baghoomian, Inc., Jean-Michel Basquiat, October - November 1989, p. 94, no. 48 (text), and p. 113, no. 48, illustrated in color
New York, Deitch Projects, Jean-Michel Basquiat 1981: The Studio of the Street, May 2006, p. 18, illustrated in color, p. 19 (text), and pp. 178-179, illustrated in color
Milan, Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, The Jean-Michel Basquiat Show, September 2006 - January 2007, p. 131, no. 15, illustrated in color
Basel, Fondation Beyeler; and Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Basquiat, May 2010 - January 2011, p. 30, no. 20, illustrated in color (Basel); and p. 34, no. 19, illustrated in color (Paris)
Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum; Atlanta, High Museum of Art; and Miami, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks, April 2015 - October 2016, p. 35, no. 14, illustrated in color, and p. 109, no. 45, illustrated in color
Taka Kawachi, ed., King for a Decade: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kyoto, 1997, pp. 26-27, illustrated in color
Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Works on Paper, Paris, 1999, p. 105, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., New York, Acquavella Galleries, Jean-Michel Basquiat Drawing: Work from the Schorr Family Collection, 2014, p. 91, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., New York, Enrico Navarra Gallery, The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, p. 82, illustrated
oilstick on paper
23 1/8 by 35 in. 58.7 by 88.9 cm.
Executed in 1981.
