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Supercomb - Unsigned Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 2000 - MyArtBroker

Supercomb
Unsigned Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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74 x 52cm, Edition of 500, Lithograph

Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 500

Year: 2000

Size: H 74cm x W 52cm

Signed: No

Format: Unsigned Print

Last Auction: March 2023

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March 2023
Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers
United Kingdom
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£780
April 2019
Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers
United Kingdom
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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Supercomb (unsigned) is estimated to be worth between £300 to £400. This lithograph print, created in 2000, has an auction history of two sales since its entry to the market on 8th April 2019. The average annual growth rate of this work is 3%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 500.

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Meaning & Analysis

A copyright sign accompanies the date, spelt out in words at the base of the print. In the work of Basquiat, materialism and consumer culture are consistently depicted as an enveloping and omnipresent phenomenon which contaminates all. As Leonhard Emmerling writes: “A 1981 drawing shows nothing more than the word “Milk” emblazoned with a copyright sign. This drawing combines a staple food with the claim of control over its distribution and the consequent ability to draw a profit from it.” In the heavily commercialised world of Basquiat’s images, nothing is safe from the carnivorous march of market forces.

  • 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.

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