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Leeches - Unsigned Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 2017 - MyArtBroker

Leeches
Unsigned Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

£10,000-£15,000Value Indicator

$21,000-$30,000 Value Indicator

$19,000-$28,000 Value Indicator

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€11,500-€17,000 Value Indicator

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¥1,990,000-¥2,990,000 Value Indicator

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56 x 76cm, Edition of 50, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 50

Year: 2017

Size: H 56cm x W 76cm

Signed: No

Format: Unsigned Print

Last Auction: May 2023

Value Trend:

-11% AAGR

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Auction Results

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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
May 2023
Bonhams New York
United States
$19,000
$22,000
$28,000
April 2022
Sotheby's New York
United States
December 2021
Phi Auctions
United States
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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Leeches (unsigned) is estimated to be worth between £10,000 and £15,000. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth since its first sale in December 2021. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £15,027 in December 2021 to £23,005 in April 2022. The current average annual growth rate is -10%. This work is part of a limited edition of 50.

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Meaning & Analysis

There is the suggestion of an irrepressible animalistic force emerging from obscurity which is confronted by forces of sterilisation and decontamination. Alongside this is the sense of a destabilising of accepted hierarchies, as suggested by ‘Power and money (value) without nobility’.

In the visual universe constructed by Basquiat, martyrdom and nobility is inherited by the people of the street, not those born into family dynasties; Basquiat himself remarked that his art is about “kings, heroes, and the street”, acknowledging his reimagining of what it means to be noble. This interest in the words and images of royalty and nobility mirror the artist’s personal aspiration to be a true star of the art world who transcended his street art background, rather than playing second-fiddle to the gallerists and dealers who brought his work to market.

  • 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.

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