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Action Comics One, 1983
acrylic, colored pencil and oilstick on canvas
168 x 153 cm (66.13 x 60.25 in)
paintings
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Sales of this Artwork
| Image | Sale date | Title | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 16, 2023 | Action Comics One | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Evening Auction | 142 | $****** - ****** | $****** |
Artwork description
Category
paintings
Dimensions
168 x 153 cm (66.13 x 60.25 in)
Materials
acrylic, colored pencil and oilstick on canvas
Signature
signed, titled and dated Nov. 1983 (on the reverse)
Provenance
Ira Young, Vancouver
Private Collection, New York
Christie"s New York, 4 November 1987, lot 304 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection
Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse Versaille, 18 June 1988, lot 122
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Pascal Lansberg, Jean-Michel Basquiat , October - December 2010, pp. 16-17, illustrated in color
Literature
Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat , Paris, 3rd ed., vol. 2, 2000, no. 7, pp. 156-157, illustrated in color
Description
Property from a Prestigious Private French Collection
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960 - 1988
Action Comics One
signed, titled and dated Nov. 1983 (on the reverse)
acrylic, colored pencil and oilstick on canvas
66 ⅛ by 60 ¼ in. 168 by 153 cm.
Executed in 1983.