Property from a Private American Collection
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat
1928 - 1987 and 1960 - 1988
Untitled
acrylic, silkscreen ink and oilstick on canvas
116 by 165 ¼ in.
294.6 by 419.7 cm.
Executed in 1984.
Condition Report
Provenance
Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Sotheby's New York, 12 May 2010, lot 40 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Literature
John O'Connor and Benjamin Liu, Unseen Warhol, New York, 1996, p. 183, illustrated (installed in the artist's studio with the artists circa 1984)
Exh. Cat., New York, Whitney Museum of American Art (and traveling), Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1992-1994, p. 247, illustrated (installed in New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1985)
Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 1996, 1st Ed., Vol. II, fig. 36, p. 138, illustrated (installed in New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1985)
Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 1996, 2nd Ed., Vol. II, fig. 36, p. 212, illustrated (installed in New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1985)
Tony Shafrazi, Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 1999, p. 332, illustrated (installed in New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1985)
Sarah Belmont, "With ‘Warhol x Basquiat,’ Fondation Louis Vuitton Examines One of Art History’s Greatest Collaborations Anew," ARTnews, 5 April 2023, illustrated in color (online)
J. Scott Orr, "Warhol and Basquiat: To be Reunited in the East Village at the Brant Foundation," Whitehot Magazine, 18 September 2023, illustrated in color (online)
Anna Rahmanan, "A look inside the mesmerizing new ‘Basquiat x Warhol’ exhibit," Time Out, 26 October 2023, illustrated in color (online)
Exhibited
New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Paintings, September - October 1985
New York, Brooklyn Museum; Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art; and Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Basquiat, March 2005 - February 2006, p. 126, illustrated in color
Paris, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Basquiat x Warhol: Painting Four Hands, April - August 2023, illustrated in color (on the poster for the exhibition), pp. 118-19, illustrated in color and p. 351, illustrated in color (photographed in the artist's studio in Tadayuki Naitoh, The Portrait, 1985)
New York, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Basquiat x Warhol, November 2023 - January 2024
