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Anatomy, View Of Base Of Skull - Signed Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 1982 - MyArtBroker

Anatomy, View Of Base Of Skull
Signed Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Screen print, 1982, on Arches 88. Signed and numbered in an edition of 18. S. 76.5 x 56.5 cm (30 1/8 x 22¼ in.).

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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Anatomy, View Of Base Of Skull (signed) from 1982 is estimated to be worth between £19,000 and £29,000. This screenprint has an auction history of two total sales since its entry to the market on 20th June 2007. The artwork has shown a steady increase in value over the past five years. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 18.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
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December 2007Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany
June 2007Germann Auctions Switzerland

Meaning & Analysis

The anatomical sketch is concentrated in the bottom half of the image in View Of Base Of Skull. The base of the skull is drawn in Basquiat’s signature scrawl, and labelled liberally, indicating the medical names of body parts including the malar bone, the foramen magnum and the temporal bone. The specificity of the annotations exists in tension with the spidery, almost-indecipherable handwriting.

This compulsion to annotate his anatomical sketches to such an extent can be read as Basquiat’s attempt to explain its complicated modes of functioning. Having been severely injured in a vehicle accident as a youngster, and having to have significant surgery to resolve his injuries, he was fully conscious of the limits of the vulnerable human form.

  • 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.

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