Lot #821: JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT - Ben Webster - Color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).
Title: "Ben Webster".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1985. Printed 1986.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 3/4 x 7 in. (222 x 178 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Very light cream smooth wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition. Comment(s): Scarce, rare signed, and seldom seen. No auction records located. Issued for the opening night exhibition of "Jean Michel Basquiat – Bilder, 1984-1986" at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria, July-August, 1986. Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the event and they went quickly. Published by Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac. Printed in Salzburg by Valenta + Valenta, Ges.m.b.H. Image copyright © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris; ARS, New York. [29015-1-400]