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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 17, 2022 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Evening Auction | 127 | $****** - ****** | Saxaphone | |||
Nov 11, 2015 | Christie's | New York | Eve. Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale | 45B | $****** - ****** | Saxaphone | |||
Jun 26, 2012 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 20 | $****** - ****** | Saxaphone | |||
Nov 19, 1997 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art, Part I | 55 | $****** - ****** | Saxaphone | |||
Jun 24, 1993 | Christie's | London | Contemporary Art | 103 | $****** - ****** | Saxaphone |
paintings
167.6 x 152.4 cm (66 x 60 in)
acrylic and oilstick on canvas
signed Jean-Michel , titled Saxaphone and dated 86' (on the reverse)
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Private Collection, Brussels
Christie's London, 24 June 1993, lot 103
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, 19 November 1997, lot 55 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby's London, 26 June 2012, lot 20 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Salzburg, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bilder 1984-86, July-August 1986, pp. 22-23, illustrated in color
Hannover, Sprengel Museum, June 2001-April 2012 (on loan)
Galerie Enrico Navarra, et al., Jean-Michel Basquiat , 3rd Ed., Vol. II, Paris 2000, no. 8, pp. 242-243, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Ravenna, Loggetta Lombardesca , Arte Americana, ultimo decennio, 2000, p. 11 (illustrated)
Dietmar Elger and Ulrich Krempel, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Malerei und Plastik: Bestandsverzeichnis, Vol. II, no. 123, Hannover 2003, p. 56, illustrated
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960-1988
Saxaphone
signed Jean-Michel , titled Saxaphone and dated 86' (on the reverse)
acrylic and oilstick on canvas
66 by 60 in.
167.6 by 152.4 cm.
Executed in 1986.
