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Jean-Michel Basquiat

Untitled Signed Print

Untitled

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Untitled
Signed Print

Name: Untitled
Brand: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Rating: 5 (235 reviews)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

£1,070,000-£1,610,000Value Indicator

$2,230,000-$3,350,000 Value Indicator

$1,970,000-$2,970,000 Value Indicator

¥10,330,000-¥15,540,000 Value Indicator

€1,250,000-€1,890,000 Value Indicator

$11,280,000-$16,970,000 Value Indicator

¥209,270,000-¥314,880,000 Value Indicator

$1,440,000-$2,160,000 Value Indicator

-11% AAGR

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

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 10

Year: 1983

Size: H 146cm x W 192cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s screenprint, Untitled (signed), created in 1983, is estimated to be worth between £1,070,000 and £1,610,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of five total sales since its entry to the market in May 2005. In the past 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £1,968,692 in June 2020 to £2,579,695 in November 2022. The current average annual growth rate is -11%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 10.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location
November 2022	Sotheby's New York	United States
June 2020	Sotheby's New York	United States
November 2018	Christie's New York	United States
March 2013	Sotheby's New York	United States
May 2005	Christie's New York	United States

Meaning & Analysis

In this untitled print, an ambiguous face, most likely that of an animal, drawn in white with a mesh-like covering over the mouth area, is depicted above 24 blocks of text, lines and sketches. The web structure which seems to intrude upon the face evoking an air of entrapment and constriction evokes the similarly-depicted rib cages and skulls which dominate the artist’s depictions of the human body.

The blocks of text could be pages of an encyclopaedia, diverse sources of information colliding aggressively. The frenetic use of lines and arrows, criss-crossing and dividing up the text and images, mirrors the clashing themes and references of the artist’s works. The viewer squints to make sense of the highly compressed information brought to life within the piece. As such, Olivia Laing suggests that “the evident use of codes and symbols inspires a sort of interpretation-mania on the part of curators. But surely part of the point of the crossed-out lines and erasing hurricanes of colour is that Basquiat is attesting to the mutability of language.”

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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