After Jean-Michel Basquiat - Lithography - Untitled (Fishing), 1981

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After Jean-Michel Basquiat - Lithography - Untitled (Fishing), 1981
2015

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After Jean-Michel Basquiat - Lithography - Untitled, Fishing, 1981 Jean-MIchel Basquiat Black Stamp Signature, Numbered 54/250 Dry-Stamp Embossed of The Jean Michel Basquiat Estate Copyright, 2015 Jean Michel Basquiat Estate fine Art lithograph Pop Art print is a very special and unique piece to add to your collection. The fine art print was printed in The United Kingdom in 2015 with the licensed authorized rights of The Estate of Jean Michel Basquiat. It features an artwork image originally created by Basquiat in 1981. About the Untitled "Fishing" : Untitled is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1981. The artwork, which depicts a fisherman displaying his catch hanging at the end of a line, sold for $26.4 million at Christie's in November 2012. Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Untitled in 1981, a pivotal year when he transitioned from street artist into the adulation of the New York art scene. He worked in the basement of Annina Nosei's gallery in SoHo where Untitled was executed. The artwork depicts a fisherman wearing a crown of thorns and a halo of the same nature. He is standing at the center of the canvas proudly displays his catch, a large fish hanging at the end of a fishing rod. His black body reveals a white skeletal figure. The painting had previously been auctioned in 1988, a few months after Basquiat's death, and sold for $110,000. Sold by fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier in 2012, it was anticipated to break records before its auction in 2012. Loic Gouzer, international specialist of post-war and contemporary art at Christie's said in a statement: "In contrast to most artists, Basquiat created his best paintings at the beginning of his career. Untitled 1981 unites all the elements of energy, freedom and boldness that one looks for in Basquiat. The market has been waiting a long time for a work of this caliber and freshness, therefore we expect it to set a new record for Basquiat, an artist who is in the process of being recognized as a classic of Post-War American Art alongside Warhol, De Kooning and Pollock." The painting lived up to the pre-sale hype, selling for $26.4 million in November 2012. The sale exceeded Basquiat's previous record of $20.1 million for another Untitled (1981) sold in June 2012. That record has since been surpassed by multiple other paintings. His current record high at auction is Untitled (1982), which sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby's in May 2017. Jean Michel Basquiat ( 1960 - 1988 ) was born to two Haitian immigrants in Brooklyn New York in 1960. His early creative career was as the Street graffiti artist nick named " Samo " in the late 1970's on New York City's Lower East Side. By the early 1980's with the help f his friend Andy Warhol, Basquiat began to make his emotionally charged aesthetically arresting Neo Expressionist paintings. In 1992 The Whitney Museum of Art did a retrospective exhibition of the life works of this great American Contemporary artists and master of social commentary. His work focused on suggestive dichotomies such as wealth vs poverty, integration vs segregation, and inner vs outer experience of the human condition. He appropriated poetry, drawing, painting, & married text and image with Abstraction and figuration. Basquiat's works had strong social commentary and deeper truths about the individual and the power structures of racism, and criticism of colonialism and support for class struggles. This fine art lithograph print is printed on high quality heavyweight archival paper stock. It is in excellent new condition with very light signs of handling.. Please see photos for condition reference. Size is framed.

Creation Year:
2015
Dimensions:
Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Width: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Medium:
Lithograph
Movement & Style:
Street Art
After:
after Jean-Michel Basquiat (2001, American)
Period:
Late 20th Century
Condition:
Newly Framed.
Gallery Location:
Pasadena, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: basquiat txuedo1stDibs: LU40638023202