Jean-Michel Basquiat
Brain
Found at
Christies,
New York
A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection Part I, Lot 44 C
17. May - 17. May 2023
A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection Part I, Lot 44 C
17. May - 17. May 2023
Estimate: 3.000.000 - 5.000.000 USD
Price realised: 5.616.000 USD
Price realised: 5.616.000 USD
Description
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
Brain
signed and dated' Jean-Michel Basquiat 85' (on the underside of the bootblack stand)
acrylic, oilstick, Xerox paper collage and gesso on twenty-seven wood blocks with bootblack stand
overall: 48 x 43 1/2 x 17 in. (122 x 110.5 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed in 1985.
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Brain
signed and dated' Jean-Michel Basquiat 85' (on the underside of the bootblack stand)
acrylic, oilstick, Xerox paper collage and gesso on twenty-seven wood blocks with bootblack stand
overall: 48 x 43 1/2 x 17 in. (122 x 110.5 x 45.7 cm.)
Executed in 1985.
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Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In May this year Christies in New York held the auction A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection Part I, which included the work Brain by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Here, the upper estimate of USD 5,000,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 5,616,000.00 (€ 5,271,259.62). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jean-Michel Basquiat achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work without title in May 2017 with an auction result of USD 110,487,500.00 (€ 98,333,481.67).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im Mai diesen Jahres führte Christies in New York die Auktion A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection Part I durch, in der auch die Arbeit Brain von Jean-Michel Basquiat zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 5.000.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 5.616.000,00 (€ 5.271.259,62) einen neuen Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jean-Michel Basquiat erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit ohne Titel im Mai 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 110.487.500,00 (€ 98.333.481,67).