Lot #1151: JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT - Masonic Lodge - Color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).
Title: "Masonic Lodge".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1983. Printed 1984.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 3/8 x 7 9/16 in. (213 x 192 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Very light cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good condition;affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board.
Comment(s): Scarce, rare signed, and seldom seen. No auction records located. Issued for the opening night exhibition of "Jean Michel Basquiat – Paintings, 1981-1984" at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (the exhibition ran from August 11th to September 23rd, 1984). Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the event and they went quickly. Published by The Fruitmarket Gallery. Printed in the Netherlands by Lecturis bv. Image copyright © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris; ARS, New York. [28981-2-600-NA]