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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)

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Lot 15 | JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)See Plate 3signed, titled and dated "BASQUIAT 1982 "SEE PLATE 3." (on the interior of the lower element)acrylic, oil and oilstick on canvas and wood construction, in two partsoverall: 24 1⁄4 x 17 1⁄4 x 18 in. (61.5 x 44 x 45.8 cm.)Executed in 1982. Provenance Keith Haring, New York, acquired directly from the artistHis sale; Christie's, New York, 7 May 1991, lot 295José Mugrabi, New York Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999 Literature J. Gruen, Keith Haring : the Authorized Biography, New York, 1991, p. 217 (installation image illustrated). R. Marshall and J.-L. Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, Galerie Enrico Navarra, 1996, 1st edition, vol. 1, p. 128 (installation image illustrated); 2nd edition, vol. 1, pp. 202 and 244 (installation views illustrated). Jean-Michel Basquiat, exh. cat., Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, 1996, p. 129 (installation view illustrated). Jean-Michel Basquiat, exh. cat., Seoul, Gallery Hyundai, 1997, p. 111 (installation view illustrated).Jean-Michel Basquiat: Obras sobre Papel, exh. cat., Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Moderna, Buenos Aires, 1997, p. 119 (installation view illustrated). Jean-Michel Basquiat, exh. cat., Mitsukochi Museum, Tokyo, 1997, p. 111 (installation view illustrated).T. Shafrazi, J. Deitch, and R. D. Marshall, Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 1999, p. 327 (installation view illustrated). Basquiat en la Habana, exh. cat., Fundación Havana Club, 2000, p. 191 (installation view illustrated).J.-L. Prat, et al., Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, Galerie Enrico Navarra, 2000, 3rd edition, vol. 2, p. 110-111 and 277, no. 7 (illustrated and installation view illustrated); appendix, p. 29 (titled as Head of a Fryer).Jean-Michel Basquiat: Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier, exh. cat., Künzelsau, Museum Würth, 2001, p. 158 (installation view illustrated). L. Emmerling, Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1960-1988, New York, 2003, p. 57.Jean-Michel Basquiat. Histoire d'une oeuvre, exh. cat., Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, 2003, p. 149 (installation view illustrated).E. Fretz, Jean-Michel Basquiat : A Biography, Santa Barbara, 2010, p. 107."Jean-Michel Basquiat," Hors-série Connaissance des Arts, no. 468, 2010, p. 56 (illustrated).Jean-Michel Basquiat, exh. cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, 2014, p. 74 (installation view illustrated).Basquiat: Boom for Real, exh. cat., London, Barbican Art Gallery, 2017, p. 273 (installation view illustrated).F. Hoffman, The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 2017, pp. 208, 211 and 215 (illustrated and installation view illustrated). H. Holzwarth, ed., Jean-Michel Basquiat and the Art of Storytelling, Cologne, 2018, p. 488 (installation view illustrated).Keith Haring / Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines, exh. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, 2019, p. 74 (installation view illustrated). H. Holzwarth, ed., Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cologne, 2021, pp. 60-61 (installation view illustrated). Exhibited New York, FUN Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat, November-December 1982. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Houston, The Menil Collection; Des Moines Art Center and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Michel Basquiat, October 1992-January 1994, pp. 49, 120 and 264 (illustrated and installation view illustrated; titled as Head of a Fryer).New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Works in Black and White, November 1994-January 1995.Coral Gables, Quintana Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat, December 1996-February 1997, p. 63 (illustrated).Paris, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Jean-Michel Basquiat - Témoignage 1977-1988, October-November 1998, pp. 50-51 (illustrated and installation view illustrated; titled as Head of a Fryer). New York, Brooklyn Museum; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art and Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Basquiat, March 2005-February 2006, p. 70 (illustrated). Basel, Fondation Beyeler and Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Basquiat, May 2010-January 2011, pp. 80-81 and 83, pl. 60 (Basel, illustrated); p. 82, pl. 57 (Paris, illustrated).Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Jean-Michel Basquiat, October 2018-January 2019, pp. 28 and 166, pl. 15 and 57 (illustrated and installation view illustrated). New York, The Brant Foundation, Jean-Michel Basquiat, March-May 2019. Post Lot Text This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Authentication Committee of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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