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Flexible
Unsigned Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

£35,000-£50,000Value Indicator

$70,000-$100,000 Value Indicator

$70,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

¥340,000-¥490,000 Value Indicator

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¥6,920,000-¥9,890,000 Value Indicator

$50,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

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152 x 115cm, Edition of 85, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 85

Year: 2016

Size: H 152cm x W 115cm

Signed: No

Format: Unsigned Print

Last Auction: February 2024

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
February 2024
Phillips London
United Kingdom
£37,647
£44,291
£56,250
October 2023
Christie's New York
United States
October 2023
Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited
Hong Kong
July 2023
Christie's New York
United States
July 2023
Sotheby's Singapore
Singapore
June 2023
Phillips New York
United States
May 2023
Phillips Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Flexible (unsigned) is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. This screenprint, created in 2016, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 11%. This work has an auction history of 21 total sales since its entry to the market on 26th October 2017. In the last 12 months, there have been 3 sales, demonstrating the ongoing demand for this piece. The hammer price in the last five years has ranged from £38,198 in October 2020 to £176,013 in July 2023. The average return to the seller is £56,342. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 85.

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Meaning & Analysis

The figure, with its interlocked limbs, projects omniscience and authority. Unlike the figures surrounded by a cacophony of images, scrawls and loud colours, the figure of Flexible bears an air of stillness and calm. Nevertheless, we still see the internal body emerging through the figure’s skin, with lungs and the spine drawn in white, appearing to protrude from the subject’s body.

The print is based on a painting on wood created in the same year as the printing. Basquiat used a section of a fence from his studio in Venice, California. A similar slatted wood material was used for other works such as Gold Griot (1984) and Jim Crow (1986).

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat's unique visual style has dominated the Urban Art scene, securing his status as one of the most successful African-American street artists of the 20th Century. Addressing themes of race, identity and culture within his expressive works, his distinctive painterly style and use of child-like iconography changed the course of art history forever. Artworks such as Undiscovered Genius place controversial subjects at the forefront of his narrative. Despite his tragically premature death at the age of 27, Basquiat's impact on the art scene is exemplified through the increase of his market value in the years since.