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Untitled - Signed Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 1983 - MyArtBroker

Untitled
Signed Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

£2,580,000-£3,870,000Value Indicator

$5,170,000-$7,760,000 Value Indicator

$4,670,000-$7,000,000 Value Indicator

¥23,180,000-¥34,760,000 Value Indicator

3,110,000-4,660,000 Value Indicator

$24,910,000-$37,360,000 Value Indicator

¥494,440,000-¥741,660,000 Value Indicator

$3,200,000-$4,790,000 Value Indicator

9% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Silkscreen ink on canvas. Signed and dated 1983. Executed in 1983, this work is from an edition of 10. 146.4 by 191.8 cm (57 ⅝ by 75 ½ in.)

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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled (signed), a screenprint from 1983, is estimated to be worth between £2,580,000 and £3,870,000. This work has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 7%. This is a rare artwork, with an auction history of five total sales since its entry to the market on 12th May 2005. In the past 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £1,968,692 on 29th June 2022 to £2,579,695 on 16th November 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 10.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
November 2022Sotheby's New York United States
June 2020Sotheby's New York United States
November 2018Christie's New York United States
March 2013Sotheby's New York United States
May 2005Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

The blocks of text could be pages of an encyclopaedia, diverse sources of information colliding aggressively. The frenetic use of lines and arrows, criss-crossing and dividing up the text and images, mirrors the clashing themes and references of the artist’s works. The viewer squints to make sense of the highly compressed information brought to life within the piece. As such, Olivia Laing suggests that “the evident use of codes and symbols inspires a sort of interpretation-mania on the part of curators. But surely part of the point of the crossed-out lines and erasing hurricanes of colour is that Basquiat is attesting to the mutability of language.”

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat's unique visual style has dominated the Urban Art scene, securing his status as one of the most successful African-American street artists of the 20th Century. Addressing themes of race, identity and culture within his expressive works, his distinctive painterly style and use of child-like iconography changed the course of art history forever. Artworks such as Undiscovered Genius place controversial subjects at the forefront of his narrative. Despite his tragically premature death at the age of 27, Basquiat's impact on the art scene is exemplified through the increase of his market value in the years since.