LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic, oilstick, spray enamel and metallic paint on canvas

Measurements:

71.97 in. (182.80 cm.) (height) by 83.98 in. (213.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated 'DUSTHEADS Jean-Michel Basquiat 82' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Tribute, Important Paintings, Drawings & Objects, September-November 1996. New York, Van de Weghe Fine Art, Basquiat "Heads," March-May 2006. Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, The Jean-Michel Basquiat Show, September 2006-January 2007, pp. 224-225, no. 93 (illustrated in color and on the cover). Basel, Fondation Beyeler and Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Basquiat, May 2010-January 2011, p. 70, no. 49 (Basel; illustrated in color); p. 72, no. 46 (Paris; illustrated in color).

Literature:

R. D. Marshall and J. L. Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 1996, vol. I, pp. 152-153 and 393 (illustrated in color). E. Hayt, "Jean-Michel Basquiat," ARTnews, January 1997, pp. 114 and 116 (illustrated). T. Shafrazi, J. Deitch and R. Marshall, Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 1999, pp. 138-139 (illustrated in color). Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 2000, vol. I, pp. 146-147 (illustrated in color). Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 2000, vol. II, pp. 102-103, no. 7 (illustrated in color). Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 2010, Appendix, pp. 29 and 46 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Annina Nosei Gallery, New York. Private collection, New York. Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996.