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Academic Study Of The Male Figure - Signed Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 1983 - MyArtBroker

Academic Study Of The Male Figure
Signed Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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97 x 75cm, Edition of 13, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 13

Year: 1983

Size: H 97cm x W 75cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: March 2021

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
March 2021
Bonhams Los Angeles
United States
$13,000
$15,000
$19,000
May 2019
Swann Galleries
United States
April 2016
Bonhams Los Angeles
United States
April 2014
Christie's New York
United States
November 2009
Phillips New York
United States
October 2009
Christie's New York
United States
October 2007
Christie's New York
United States
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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Academic Study Of The Male Figure (signed) from 1983 is estimated to be worth between £6,000 and £9,000. This screenprint has been sold 7 times at auction since its initial sale in October 2007. The average annual growth rate of this work is 4% and the edition size is limited to 13.

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Meaning & Analysis

Elements of the image transform before the viewer’s eyes. Subverting this focus on the body are the annotations that encroach on the body itself, such as the text reading ‘pecho’ on the figure’s abdomen. Body hair morphs into bubbles produced from rinso soap alongside flashes reading ‘NEW’, recalling the dark parodic edge of the artist’s canvas ‘Rinso’. ‘Goosefoot’ is crossed out - on the prevalence of crossing out in his works, Basquiat has noted: “Sometimes I just want to retract it. It might stick out a little too much - the words. So a line blends it into the rest of the painting at times.”