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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 9, 2010 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art Evening Auction | 44 | $****** - ****** | Riddle Me This, Batman |
paintings
297.8 x 290.2 cm (117.24 x 114.25 in)
acrylic and oil paintstick on canvas
signed and dated 1987 on the reverse
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above in 1988)
Giraud-Pisarro-Segalot, New York
Private Collection, Paris
Acquired by the present owner from the above in April 2006.
Paris, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Jean-Michel Basquiat, January - February 1988 New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Montgomery, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Michel Basquiat, October 1992 - January 1994, p. 223, illustrated in color and p. 249, illustrated (installation photograph from 1988 Galerie Yvon Lambert exhibition) Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum; Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; Houston, The Museum of Fine Ars, Basquiat, March 2005 - February 2006, p. 151, illustrated in color Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Basquiat, May - September 2010, cat. no. 165, p. 179, illustrated in color; pp. 176-177, illustrated in color (1987 studio photograph) and p. 182, illustrated (installation photograph from the 1988 Galerie Yvon Lambert exhibition).
Michel Enrici, J.M. Basquiat, Paris, 1989, p. 141, illustrated in color Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 1996, 1st ed., vol. II, cat. no. 5, p. 110, illustrated in color Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris 1996, 2nd ed., vol II, cat. no. 5, p. 152, illustrated in color Exh. Cat., Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Museum (and travelling), Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1997, pp. 116 - 117, illustrated (detail in 1987 studio photograph and installation photograph from the 1988 Galerie Yvon Lambert exhibition) Exh. Cat., Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1997, p. 163, illustrated (detail in 1987 studio photograph) Exh. Cat., Recife, Museo de Arte Moderna Aloiso Magalhaes, Jean Michel Basquiat: Obras Sobre Papiers, 1998, p. 117, illustrated (detail in 1987 studio photograph) Tony Shafrazi, Jeffrey Dietch and Richard Marshall, eds., Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 1999, p. 279, illustrated in color Exh. Cat., La Habana, Fundacion Havana Club, Basquiat en la Habana, 2000, p. 200, illustrated (detail in 1987 studio photograph) Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 2000, 3rd ed., vol. II, cat. no. 5, p. 258, illustrated in color and p. 287, illustrated (installation photograph from the 1988 Galerie Yvon Lambert exhibition) Leonhard Emmerling, Basquiat, Cologne, 2003, p. 75, illustrated, (detail in 1987 studio photograph) Exh. Cat., Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Work of a Lifetime, 2003, pp. 156 - 157, illustrated (detail in 1987 studio photograph and installation photograph from the 1988 Galerie Yvon Lambert exhibition)
