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

Rinso
Unsigned Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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$70,000-$120,000 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: June 2017

Value Trend:

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
June 2017
Phillips London
United Kingdom
£34,000
£40,000
£50,000
June 2016
Phillips London
United Kingdom
March 2016
Christie's London
United Kingdom
December 2015
Dorotheum, Vienna
Austria
April 2015
Christie's New York
United States
December 2010
Phillips New York
United States
June 2010
Phillips New York
United States
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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Rinso (2001) is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £60,000. This screenprint, created in 2001, is a rare artwork and has shown consistent value growth since its first sale on 9th February 2007. This is a popular work, having been sold 28 times at auction. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 85.

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Meaning & Analysis

Basquiat was intent on revealing society's paradoxes and contradictions. In this image we can observe  an overarching tension between linear progress  and fevers of demolition and reconstruction, manifested by the contrasts between the text reading ‘EVERLAST’ and ‘NEW RINSO’. Rinso is said to be ‘the greatest development in soap history’, contrasting against the social upheaval suggested by the protesting industrial worker. The squares which entrap the various textbites could at once represent soap bars and construction bricks.


The chaotic interplay of text and image in Rinso is emblematic of what Olivia Laing calls the “graphomaniac quality to almost all of Basquiat’s work”. She notes that “he liked to scribble, to amend, to footnote, to second-guess and to correct himself. Words jumped out at him, from the back of cereal boxes or subway ads, and he stayed alert to their subversive properties, their double and hidden meaning”.

  • 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.