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Head - Unsigned Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 2001 - MyArtBroker

Head
Unsigned Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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6% AAGR (5YR)

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Screen print in colours, on heavy wove paper. S. 101.3 x 101.3 cm (39 7/8 x 39 7/8 in.). Numbered in an edition of 85. Signed by the Administrator of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat and dated 2001.

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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Head (unsigned) is estimated to be worth between £90,000 and £140,000. Over the past five years, the hammer price ranges from £43,651 in March 2021 to £64,426 in October 2020. This screenprint artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 9%. This work has an impressive auction history, having been sold 23 times at auction since its first auction sale in June 2007. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 85.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
March 2021Sotheby's London - United KingdomHead - Unsigned Print
October 2020Phillips New York - United StatesHead - Unsigned Print
November 2018Julien's Auctions - United StatesHead - Unsigned Print
April 2018Phillips New York - United StatesHead - Unsigned Print
January 2018Phillips London - United KingdomHead - Unsigned Print
June 2016Phillips London - United KingdomHead - Unsigned Print
March 2016Christie's London - United KingdomHead - Unsigned Print

Meaning & Analysis

The rough blue lines which surround the top of the head appear like barbed wire. This is a head at once palpably alive and literally scared to death with its expression of shock and fear. The thick, curving lines inside the skull evoke folds of brain tissue whilst the use of red lines suggests veins, adding to the tension between the skull and the living, breathing body. The cacophonous clash of colour, line and shape is simultaneously deeply alive and evocative of an artificial life form taken from the pages of a gothic horror.

Even when not faithfully sketching body parts depicted in Gray’s Anatomy, Head is a clear example of the artist’s persistent return to images rooted in an interest in the structures which make up the human form.

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