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- Below, we survey all of the Basquiats—worth a combined $89 million—in descending price order.
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Mar 17, 2024 · How much did Jay Z pay for his Basquiat? In 2013, Jay-Z and Beyoncé paid $4.47 million for Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Mecca,” a stunning artwork from 1982 displaying the artist’s iconic style through vibrant hues and abstract imagery.
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Mar 8, 2021 · Basquiat is among the most highly valued artists in the art market, and his work, all completed in the brief period between 1981 and 1984, regularly sells at auction for tens of millions of...
- Versus Medici, 1982
- El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile), 1983
- Untitled (Devil), 1982
- In This Case, 1983
- Untitled, 1982
In the early 1980s, Basquiat had two exhibits in Modena, Italy, where he became inspired by the greats of the Renaissance, such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. According to his studio assistant Stephen Torton, he was fascinated by the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola, who overthrew the Medici dynasty in 1494, and that may be where the sub...
The most recent addition to this list comes after El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile)sold for $67.1 million at Christie's 21st Century Evening Sale in New York in May 2023. Basquiat executed the work in 1983 in acrylic and oil stick on three canvases that were mounted on supporting frames. The painting is the central work among Basquiat's history painti...
In 2016, Japanese collector and e-commerce entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa purchased this epic canvas by Basquiat at Christie's for $57.3 million. Measuring more than sixteen feet wide and nearly eight feet tall, it is also one of the artist's largest canvases. Made when Basquiat was just 22, the central figure is a demon, created using impulsive brush...
In This Case was the last in Basquiat's trilogy of large skull works from 1981-1983, which echoes his fascination with human anatomy from childhood. One of these is in The Broad museum in L.A. and the other is the most expensive Basquiat painting (Untitled, 1982).In This Case was in the collection of Valentino co-founder Giancarlo Giammetti, who bo...
In 2017, the auction record for a work by Basquiat was smashed at Sotheby's Contemporary Art evening auction in New York when Untitled(1982) sold for $110.5 million, a record that is still maintained. The intensely outlined skull set against a cerulean blue background is the second most expensive auctioned work by an American artist. Related: The 1...
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May 17, 2017 · On Thursday night, Sotheby’s will offer Basquiat’s 1982 painting of a face in the shape of a skull, “Untitled,” with a guaranteed price of at least $60 million, an auction high for the...
Sep 10, 2021 · Before 2002 the cost of the most expensive Basquiat's painting did not exceed $ 3.5 million, whereas now in the top 10, there are not even works cheaper than $ 35 million.
May 18, 2022 · The posthumous rivalry between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat for the title of America’s biggest-selling artist at auction resumed on Wednesday night at Phillips in Manhattan, when a 1982...
Jun 14, 2017 · Below, we survey all of the Basquiats—worth a combined $89 million—in descending price order. Basquiat’s Baby Boom (1982). © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, ADAGP, Paris and ARS, New York. Baby Boom (1982) Lévy Gorvy. Price: $35 million.
