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Rome Pays Off - Unsigned Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 2004 - MyArtBroker

Rome Pays Off
Unsigned Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

£22,000-£35,000Value Indicator

$45,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

$40,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

¥210,000-¥340,000 Value Indicator

26,000-40,000 Value Indicator

$230,000-$370,000 Value Indicator

¥4,300,000-¥6,850,000 Value Indicator

$30,000-$45,000 Value Indicator

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111 x 99cm, Edition of 85, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 85
Year: 2004
Size: H 111cm x W 99cm
Signed: No
Format: Unsigned Print
Last Auction: March 2024
Value Trend:
2% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
March 2024
Christie's New York
United States
$45,000
$50,000
$60,000
September 2023
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
March 2021
Tate Ward Auctions
United Kingdom
March 2021
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
October 2019
Christie's New York
United States
July 2019
Christie's New York
United States
April 2019
Christie's New York
United States
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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Rome Pays Off (2004) is estimated to be worth between £22,000 and £35,000. In the last five years, the hammer price ranges from £25,397 in March 2021 to £42,500 in March 2021. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an auction history of 20 total sales since its entry to the market in September 2007. The work has an average annual growth rate of 5%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 85.

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Meaning & Analysis

One reading of Basquiat’s use of references to ‘salt’ in his pieces is that it acknowledges the importance of the value of salt to colonial powers in Africa and elsewhere; it was considered a kind of ‘white gold’ due to its export value. The allusion to Rome, together with text pointing to market forces (“Estimated value”) adds to the piece’s underlying themes of empire and capitalism.

  • 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.