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Anatomy, View Of Base Of Skull - Signed Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 1982 - MyArtBroker

Anatomy, View Of Base Of Skull
Signed Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 18

Year: 1982

Size: H 77cm x W 56cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Anatomy, View Of Base Of Skull (signed) from 1982 is estimated to be worth between £11,500 and £17,000. This screenprint has been sold twice at auction since its initial sale on 20th June 2007. The current owner has the opportunity to benefit from this artwork, as the edition size is limited to 18, and the average annual growth rate is 7%.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
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December 2007Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany
June 2007Germann Auctions Switzerland

Meaning & Analysis

The anatomical sketch is concentrated in the bottom half of the image in View Of Base Of Skull. The base of the skull is drawn in Basquiat’s signature scrawl, and labelled liberally, indicating the medical names of body parts including the malar bone, the foramen magnum and the temporal bone. The specificity of the annotations exists in tension with the spidery, almost-indecipherable handwriting.

This compulsion to annotate his anatomical sketches to such an extent can be read as Basquiat’s attempt to explain its complicated modes of functioning. Having been severely injured in a vehicle accident as a youngster, and having to have significant surgery to resolve his injuries, he was fully conscious of the limits of the vulnerable human form.

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