Lot #861: JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT - Cathode - Color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).
Title: "Cathode".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1984. Printed 1987.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (216 x 171 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower margin. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Very light cream smooth wove paper. Ample 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 PS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (the exhibition ran from October 8th to December 4th, 1987). Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the event and they went quickly. Published by the PS Gallery. Image copyright © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris; ARS, New York. [29490-1-600-NA]