Lot #44: JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT - Bayou - Color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).
Title: "Bayou".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1985. Printed 1986.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 1/16 x 7 5/8 in. (205 x 194 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/800
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Very light cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Fine 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" at the Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (the exhibition ran from November 28th 1986 to January 25th 1987). Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the event and they went quickly. Published by the Kestner-Gesellschaft and printed in Hannover by Frenzel & Heinrichs. Image copyright © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris; ARS, New York. [29071-1-400-NA]