PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)

Self-Portrait

Price realised GBP 9,086,500
Estimate
GBP 3,500,000 – GBP 5,500,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)

Self-Portrait

Price realised GBP 9,086,500
Closed: 23 Mar 2021
Price realised GBP 9,086,500
Closed: 23 Mar 2021
Details
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)
Self-Portrait
indistinctly signed and dated '88' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
47 ¾ x 37 ¾ x 4in. (121.3 x 95.9 x 10.2cm.)
Painted in 1988
Provenance
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1988.
Exhibited
Salzburg, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Paintings-Drawings, 1988.
Special notice
Christie’s has a direct financial interest in this lot and has funded all or part of our interest with the help of someone else. Where Christie’s has provided a minimum price guarantee it is at risk of making a loss, which can be significant, if the lot fails to sell. Christie’s sometimes chooses to share that risk with a third party who agrees prior to the auction to place an irrevocable written bid on the lot. If there are no other higher bids, the third party commits to buy the lot at the level of their irrevocable written bid. In doing so, the third party takes on all or part of the risk of the lot not being sold. In most cases, Christie’s compensates the third party in exchange for accepting the risk. Where the third party is the successful bidder, the third party’s remuneration is based on a fixed financing fee. If the third party is not the successful bidder, the remuneration may either be based on a fixed fee or an amount calculated against the final hammer price. The third party may continue to bid for the lot above the irrevocable written This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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