LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic on canvas

Measurements:

93.98 in. (238.70 cm.) (height) by 197.01 in. (500.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Jean-Michel Basquiat Modena 82' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Tokyo, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat , Paintings, December 1985, no. 4 (illustrated in color). Paris, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, April-June 1996. Taichung, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Michel Basquiat , January-June 1997, pp. 36-37 (illustrated in color). Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Jean-Michel Basquiat, June-August 1998, pp. 50-53, 111 and 116 (illustrated in color). Venice, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Basquiat a Venezia, June-October 1999, pp. 62-63 (illustrated in color). Naples, Il Museo Civico di Castel Nuovo, Basquiat a Napoli, December 1999-March 2000, pp. 60-61 (illustrated in color). Rome, Chiostro del Bramante, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Dipinti, January-March 2002, pp. 70-71 (illustrated in color). Paris, Musée Maillol, Fondation Dina Vierny, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Work of a Lifetime, June-October 2003, pp. 44-45 (illustrated in color). Riehen/Basel, Fondation Beyeler and Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Basquiat, May 2010–January 2011, pp. 70-71, no. 45 (illustrated in color)

Literature:

R. Marshall and J. L. Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, Galerie Enrico Navarra, 1996, v. I, pp. 56-57 and cover (illustrated in color); v. II, pp. 76-77 (illustrated in color). T. Shafrazi, J. Deitch and R. Marshall, Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1999, pp. 110-111 (illustrated in color). E. Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat , Paris and New York, 2000, v. I, pp. 72-73 (illustrated in color); v. II, p. 98, no. 2 (illustrated in color). E. Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat , Paris and New York, 2010, v. I, pp. 72-73 (illustrated in color); v. II, p. 98, no. 2 (illustrated in color). A. Lindemann, Collecting Contemporary Art, Cologne, 2013, p. 129 (illustrated in color)

Provenance:

Annina Nosei Gallery, New York Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya Enrico Navarra Gallery, New York Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong Private collection, New York Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 June 2004, lot 32 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner