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Da Vinci, Leg Of A Dog - Signed Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 1983 - MyArtBroker

Da Vinci, Leg Of A Dog
Signed Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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101 x 79cm, Edition of 45, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 45
Year: 1983
Size: H 101cm x W 79cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: March 2021

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Location
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March 2021
Bonhams Los Angeles
United States
$13,000
$15,000
$19,000
May 2019
Swann Galleries
United States
October 2016
Swann Galleries
United States
April 2014
Phillips New York
United States
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Jean-Michel Basquiat's Da Vinci, Leg Of A Dog (signed) is a screenprint from 1983, with an estimated value of £6,500 to £9,500. This artwork has an auction history of four total sales since its entry to the market in April 2014. Over the past five years, the hammer price has shown consistency, with an average annual growth rate of 0%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 45.

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Meaning & Analysis

The repeated label of ‘Leg of a Dog from a Da Vinci’ is a direct acknowledgement of the extensive inspiration Basquiat took from the aforementioned artist. The influence of Da Vinci was so extensive that Basquiat devised a series of prints in direct homage to da Vinci, including Untitled (From Leonardo), 1983, where a series of bones and almost illegible annotations are drawn in red.

The skull which appears in this work, and throughout the artist’s body of work, reinforces Basquiat’s preoccupation with corporeality and mortality, but also highlights the impact of Da Vinci’s fascination with skulls. In the same way that da Vinci would depict the skull exterior and interior in the same image, such as in View of A Skull (1500), Basquiat often depicted anatomy in a way in which would allow the viewer to see the beneath the surface, such as in works like Head.

  • 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.