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Head - Unsigned Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 2001 - MyArtBroker

Head
Unsigned Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

£35,000-£50,000Value Indicator

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¥6,970,000-¥9,960,000 Value Indicator

$50,000-$70,000 Value Indicator

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102 x 102cm, Edition of 85, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 85

Year: 2001

Size: H 102cm x W 102cm

Signed: No

Format: Unsigned Print

Last Auction: November 2023

Value Trend:

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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
November 2023
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions
Germany
$80,000
$90,000
$120,000
March 2021
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
October 2020
Phillips New York
United States
November 2018
Julien's Auctions
United States
April 2018
Phillips New York
United States
January 2018
Phillips London
United Kingdom
June 2016
Phillips London
United Kingdom
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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Head (2001) is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. This unsigned screenprint has shown consistent value growth since its first sale in June 2007. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £43,651 in March 2021 to £72,348 in November 2023. The average annual growth rate of this work is 5%. This is a rare work with an auction history of 24 total sales. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 85.

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Meaning & Analysis

The rough blue lines which surround the top of the head appear like barbed wire. This is a head at once palpably alive and literally scared to death with its expression of shock and fear. The thick, curving lines inside the skull evoke folds of brain tissue whilst the use of red lines suggests veins, adding to the tension between the skull and the living, breathing body. The cacophonous clash of colour, line and shape is simultaneously deeply alive and evocative of an artificial life form taken from the pages of a gothic horror.

Even when not faithfully sketching body parts depicted in Gray’s Anatomy, Head is a clear example of the artist’s persistent return to images rooted in an interest in the structures which make up the human form.

  • 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.