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The Offs First Record - Unsigned Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 1984 - MyArtBroker

The Offs First Record
Unsigned Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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30 x 30cm, Edition of 2500, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 2500

Year: 1984

Size: H 30cm x W 30cm

Signed: No

Format: Unsigned Print

Last Auction: February 2012

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February 2012
Skinner, Boston
United States
$500
$550
$700
June 2011
Wright
United States
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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat's The Offs First Record (unsigned) is estimated to be worth between £600 and £950. This screenprint, created in 1984, has an auction history of two sales since its entry to the market on 26th June 2011. The artwork has shown a steady growth in value and is part of a limited edition of 2,500.

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Meaning & Analysis

Similar to Beat Bop / Test Pressing, the image is monochromatic but more sparse in composition, reminiscent in its simplicity to the artist’s Anatomy series. Whilst The Offs faded from the limelight unlike Basquiat, the band’s members were a staple in the New York Scene where up-and-coming stars such as Madonna and Debbie Harry were making their name. Upon the reissue of the record in 2019, iconic music promoter from the era Johnny Bower remarked that “they played a seminal role in the downtown scene in the early 80s in New York. They were close friends not only of Basquiat, but also Warhol, Patti Astor and many of the musicians and artists who haunted the Lower East Side in search of the miraculous”.

  • 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.