Lot #1468: JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT - Untitled [1985] - Color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).
Title: "Untitled [1985]".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1985. Printed 1986.
Dimensions: Overall size: 7 3/4 x 8 in. (197 x 203 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Very light cream 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. [29023-1-300]