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Olympic
Unsigned Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

£12,000-£18,000Value Indicator

$25,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

$22,000-$35,000 Value Indicator

¥120,000-¥170,000 Value Indicator

€14,000-€21,000 Value Indicator

$130,000-$190,000 Value Indicator

¥2,350,000-¥3,520,000 Value Indicator

$16,000-$24,000 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: June 2021

Value Trend:

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Auction Results

Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
June 2021
Tate Ward Auctions
United Kingdom
$18,000
$21,000
$26,000
March 2019
Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited
Hong Kong
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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Olympic (2017) is estimated to be worth between £12,000 and £18,000. This is a rare, screenprint artwork and has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This work is unsigned and has an auction history of two sales since its entry to the market in March 2019. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £12,000 to £18,000, with an average return to the seller of £12,750. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 50.

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Meaning & Analysis

A sinister canine figure lurks at the top right of the image, humanised with a bowler hat, next to text reading ‘Walt Disney’, suggestive of the Hollywood thematics of works such as Hollywood Africans. References to soap abound, as well as drawings of soap bars which brush up against references to cockroaches, suggesting a conflict between a restless underworld and a conflicting, decontaminating force.

Various layers of paint in contrasting tones compete against each other, indicating a canvas that was reworked over time. A singular ‘S’ is repeated across the image in an upturned triangle, most likely a reference to SAMO, the graffiti duo to which Basquiat belonged before his move into the gallery world.

  • 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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