Collectors preview: Artist's proof editions
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In the run-up to what is set to be a record-breaking auction for Basquiat at Phillips New York and an exhibition, presented by his family opening in April, the city is bubbling with anticipation. From our in-house writer, we have an editorial with everything you need below. Long Live the King.

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We are pleased to bring you a great selection of artist proofs from Basquiat. All artworks are stamped and signed by Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux, the artist’s sisters and administrators of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Hollywood Africans - 1983/2015  | Screen print on museum board | Artist Proof of 15 | 213cm x 98cm | Sold framed
The work, a commentary on the stereotyping and marginalising of African Americans in the entertainment industry, led them to coin the term and refer to themselves as the “Hollywood Africans.”
The work, a commentary on the stereotyping and marginalising of African Americans in the entertainment industry, led them to coin the term and refer to themselves as the “Hollywood Africans.”

Wolf Sausage - 1982-83/2019 | Screen print on paper | Artist proof of 20 | 76 x 56 cm | Sold framed
Drawing from such disparate sources as history, religion, literature, as well as street and popular culture, Basquiat was able to create deeply personal and layered images.
Drawing from such disparate sources as history, religion, literature, as well as street and popular culture, Basquiat was able to create deeply personal and layered images.

Phooey - 1982/2021 | Screen print on paper | Artist Proof of 15 | 215cm x 110cm
Embodying the New Wave of art born in 1980s New York, Basquiat is the movement’s most successful artist (in fact, his work Untitled (1982) which sold for $110.5 million in 2018, is the most expensive by any American artist)
Embodying the New Wave of art born in 1980s New York, Basquiat is the movement’s most successful artist (in fact, his work Untitled (1982) which sold for $110.5 million in 2018, is the most expensive by any American artist)

Flexible - 1984/2016 | Screen print on paper | Artist proof of 15 | 115 x 153 cm
Basquiat’s experiences of marginalisation and racism profoundly impacted his work, which often referenced outsider cultures and critiqued politics as well as capitalism. “Flexible”, featuring the figure of a griot, a West-African storyteller, entertainer, and holder of oral history, is demonstrative of the artist’s interest in black history and non-Western culture.
Basquiat’s experiences of marginalisation and racism profoundly impacted his work, which often referenced outsider cultures and critiqued politics as well as capitalism. “Flexible”, featuring the figure of a griot, a West-African storyteller, entertainer, and holder of oral history, is demonstrative of the artist’s interest in black history and non-Western culture.

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