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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 28, 2012 | Phillips | London | Contemporary Art Evening | 12 | $****** - ****** | Irony of Negro Policeman |
paintings
182.9 x 121.9 cm (72.01 x 47.99 in)
acrylic and oilstick on wood
Signed and dated 'Jean Michel Basquiat 81' on the reverse.
Collection of Dan and Jeanne Fauci
Gagosian Gallery, New York,
Private Collection
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 21 October 1992 - 21 February 1993 Beverly Hills, CA, Gagosian Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Paintings & Drawings, 1980-1988, 12 February - 14 March 1998 New York, Brooklyn Museum, Basquiat, 11 March - 5 June 2005, then travelled to Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art (15 July - 9 October 2005), Houston, Museum of Fine Arts (18 November 2005 - 12 February 2006) Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Basquiat, 9 May - 5 September 2010, then travelled to Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (15 October 2010 - 30 January 2011)
Jean-Michel Basquiat, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1992 - 93, p. 84 R. D. Marshal, J. L. Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, 1996, vol. II, p. 64, No. 6 (illustrated) R. D. Marshal, J. L. Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris, 2000, 3rd ed., pp. 88 - 89, No. 4 (illustrated in colour) Basquiat, exh. cat., Fondation Beyeler, Basel, 2010, p. 53 (illustrated in colour)
