Lot #490: JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT - Hamlet - Color lithograph

 

Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).
Title: "Hamlet".
Medium: Color lithograph.
Date: Composed 1987.
Dimensions: Overall size: 39 x 25 1/4 in. (991 x 641 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower left. Edition unknown, probably very small. Very light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Good condition; a horizonal crease in the image, mainly visible in the raking light. Comment(s): Basquiat posters are rare. We have located only 11 auction sales of his "lifetime" posters at auction, and not our example, which we could not find offered before at auction. Issued for the Hartford Stage's production of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" which ran from October 3 to November 7, 1987, Hartford, Connecticut. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28409-6-1200]