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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 13, 2009 | Christie's | New York | Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 41 | $****** - ****** | Mater |
paintings
182.8 x 213.3 cm (71.97 x 83.98 in)
acrylic and oilstick on canvas
signed, titled and dated 'Jean Michel Basquiat "MATER" 1982' (on the reverse)
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1984.
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, p. 102 (illustrated in color). New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Picasso, Bacon, Basquiat, May-July 2004, pp. 52-53 (illustrated in color). Milan, Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, The Jean-Michel Basquiat Show, September 2006-January 2007, p. 221, no. 91 (illustrated in color). Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, A Body Without Limits, October 2007-January 2008, p.197 (illustrated in color).
Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 1996, vol. II, p. 19, fig. 6 (illustrated in color). Jean-Michel Basquiat, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1999, p. 140 (illustrated in color). Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 2000, vol. III, p. 144, no. 6 (illustrated in color).
