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Wolf Sausage - Unsigned Print by Jean-Michel Basquiat 1982 - MyArtBroker

Wolf Sausage
Unsigned Print

Jean-Michel Basquiat

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11% AAGR

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Screen print in colours on Somerset Satin paper. S. 55.9 x 76.2 cm. (22 x 30 in.). Executed in 2019 in an edition of 50. Signed by the Administrators of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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The value of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Wolf Sausage (1982) is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. In the last 12 months, there have been no sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £12,384 in December 2021 to £14,764 in September 2020. This artwork, with an auction history of four total sales since its entry to the market in September 2020, has demonstrated an impressive average annual growth rate of 11%. Wolf Sausage is a rare screenprint with an edition size of 50.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
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December 2021Cornette de Saint Cyr Brussels Belgium
September 2020Phillips London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The image of a dog with a top hat, which appears to loom menacingly over much of the piece, recalls the humanisation of animals in a number of Basquiat works through adornment. In Trophy, a penguin dons a top hat. In Pez Dispenser, a dinosaur wears a majestic gold crown. This anthropomorphism is undercut by the title and images of meat in Wolf Sausage, thereby juxtaposing the aggrandising of animals with their use as food products. This kind of potent acknowledgement of society’s hypocrisy is emblematic of Hunter Drohojowska’s assertion that “Basquiat’s works are direct and furious reflections of a decadent, sadistic society”.

  • 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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