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Jean-Michel Basquiat

Schätzpreis
120.000 $ - 180.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
218.500 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 23

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Schätzpreis
120.000 $ - 180.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
218.500 $
Beschreibung:

Jean-Michel-Basquiat Untitled (Skull) 1981 chalk on black paper 20 1/2 x 14 in. (52.1 x 35.6 cm) This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Authentication Committee for the Estate of Jean-Michel-Basquiat.
Provenance The Estate of Jean-Michel-Basquiat Catalogue Essay In September of 1968, Jean-Michel-Basquiat’s mother, Matilde gave her son a copy of the book Grey’s Anatomy as he was recovering from surgery after a car accident. During this month-long recuperation in the hospital, he studied the pages of the human anatomy textbook and so began his life-long fascination with the body and particularly the skeletal structure. The book had a lasting impression with the artist, who would later produce work heavily influenced by the anatomical images. While his subjects were given character, death is an omnipresent force that infiltrates Basquiat’s work. His earliest paintings of heads and faces contain resemblances to death masks or skulls, and the frequent inclusion of skeletons and skulls elicits a haunting sense. The present lot functions as a close and intimate study of some of the monumental paintings produced in the same year, including the renowned Untitled (Skull), 1981, in the Collection of Eli and Edythe L. Broad. Although straying from anatomical accuracy, Basquiat emphasized the expressive qualities of the skull, as if the skull were alive and responsive to external conditions. It appears to be alert and vigilant in our world while simultaneously labeled as no longer with us, an animated and youthful attribute. While representative of an inanimate object, the present lot seems to portray functioning and expressive facial features of that of a living entity, including the suggestion of hair. The handling of these facial features is highly stylized and the face is very much distorted, showing both abstract and representational characteristics. In the present lot, the skull’s expressive portrayal shows the artist’s intent in depicting an interactive being, possessing the means to process the outside world. This rendering of cognitive activity in a sense negates the interpretation of the head as an inanimate skull, and functions as a precursor of many works to come, which include totemic, robotic figures or skulls with similar responsiveness and functionality. Meanwhile, the decision to render the work on black paper using white chalk furthers the skull motif as a dead object no longer colored with life. The medium also displays a juvenile quality; the childlike use of chalk and paper is reminiscent of school materials. What the present lot ultimately captures is the relationship Basquiat creates between the external and internal being as well as the living and the dead. Read More

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 23
Auktion:
Datum:
08.03.2012
Auktionshaus:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

Jean-Michel-Basquiat Untitled (Skull) 1981 chalk on black paper 20 1/2 x 14 in. (52.1 x 35.6 cm) This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Authentication Committee for the Estate of Jean-Michel-Basquiat.
Provenance The Estate of Jean-Michel-Basquiat Catalogue Essay In September of 1968, Jean-Michel-Basquiat’s mother, Matilde gave her son a copy of the book Grey’s Anatomy as he was recovering from surgery after a car accident. During this month-long recuperation in the hospital, he studied the pages of the human anatomy textbook and so began his life-long fascination with the body and particularly the skeletal structure. The book had a lasting impression with the artist, who would later produce work heavily influenced by the anatomical images. While his subjects were given character, death is an omnipresent force that infiltrates Basquiat’s work. His earliest paintings of heads and faces contain resemblances to death masks or skulls, and the frequent inclusion of skeletons and skulls elicits a haunting sense. The present lot functions as a close and intimate study of some of the monumental paintings produced in the same year, including the renowned Untitled (Skull), 1981, in the Collection of Eli and Edythe L. Broad. Although straying from anatomical accuracy, Basquiat emphasized the expressive qualities of the skull, as if the skull were alive and responsive to external conditions. It appears to be alert and vigilant in our world while simultaneously labeled as no longer with us, an animated and youthful attribute. While representative of an inanimate object, the present lot seems to portray functioning and expressive facial features of that of a living entity, including the suggestion of hair. The handling of these facial features is highly stylized and the face is very much distorted, showing both abstract and representational characteristics. In the present lot, the skull’s expressive portrayal shows the artist’s intent in depicting an interactive being, possessing the means to process the outside world. This rendering of cognitive activity in a sense negates the interpretation of the head as an inanimate skull, and functions as a precursor of many works to come, which include totemic, robotic figures or skulls with similar responsiveness and functionality. Meanwhile, the decision to render the work on black paper using white chalk furthers the skull motif as a dead object no longer colored with life. The medium also displays a juvenile quality; the childlike use of chalk and paper is reminiscent of school materials. What the present lot ultimately captures is the relationship Basquiat creates between the external and internal being as well as the living and the dead. Read More

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 23
Auktion:
Datum:
08.03.2012
Auktionshaus:
Phillips
New York
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