If it's the version of 85, the last I've seen sold was for $25K (US) from a Gallery. Several are available here in the states for $35K, again, at galleries. There is a private sale through Phillips of this piece on the 28th with an estimate of $25K-$35K.

Do note that if this is the same as what I'm referring to, it was pressed in 2001, and has never been touched by Basquiat, unlike some litho's that have hand finishing.

Regardless, this is an AMAZING piece, on of my favorite pieces ever, and if I had the $25K in hand, I'd be making a serious cash offer.

Whoever wrote that article should learn how to use punctuation. It reads so badly.

Rare Basquiat Drawings Being Shown at Upper East Side Gallery
www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140501/upper-east-side/rare-basquiat-drawings-being-shown-at-upper-east-side-gallery/

UPPER EAST SIDE — A new exhibit featuring artist Jean-Michel Basquiat will present some of the artist’s lesser-known works.

Acquavella Galleries on East 79th Street will host an exhibit of Basquiat’s drawings, including some of his earliest works. The exhibit runs from May 1 to June 13 and includes 22 drawings and two paintings, all from the collection of Herbert and Lenore Schorr.

The Schorrs were some of Basquiat’s earliest supporters. They began collecting his pieces in 1981, before the artist’s first solo New York exhibition. In addition to acquiring several paintings that are now recognized as some of Basquiat’s most important works, the Schorrs also sought out the artist’s drawings, something that set them apart from many early collectors according to the exhibit’s curator.

“The Schorrs astutely understood that working on paper was equally central to his practice as painting on canvas,” exhibit curator Fred Hoffman said in a statement. “Their collection demonstrates both the focus and ambition that the artist invested in the medium of drawing.”

Drawing was an essential part of Basquiat’s output. From 1980 to 1988, during his prime years, Basquiat created almost 1,000 drawings, according to the gallery. Like his paintings, many of his drawings challenge flawed power structures and fundamental failings in society such as racism and poverty.

Basquiat's career started in obscurity, then rose to meteoric heights before his death.

“We had so much confidence in him from the beginning and couldn’t understand why other people couldn’t see it,” Lenore Schorr said in a statment. “A wonderful exhibition that he did at Fun Gallery in 1983 didn’t receive a single review and we were the only ones to buy a painting.”

By the mid-80s Basquiat’s career had taken off and he was showing his painting at international galleries and museums. His career was cut short when he died in 1988 of a heroin overdose. He was 27 at the time.

In 2005, the Brooklyn Museum presented a retrospective of Basquiat’s work, which was co-curated by Hoffman.

The Acquavella exhibit marks the first time that works from the Schorrs collection will be on display. Many of the pieces have never before been seen by the public.

Enjoyed this documentary today, sorry I could t find the docentary thread..

Hi Johnny

Its called 'The Radiant Child'.. cheers

Is TOR/VPN route an option?



Great vid btw

saw this last night, great watch thanks!

Good luck, this is also a holy grail for me.
In case you/anyone hasn't read it, this is an incredible article
www.spin.com/articles/beat-bop-basquiat-k-rob-rammellzee-freak-freak/

RARE BASQUIAT NOTEBOOKS COMING TO BROOKLYN MUSEUM
By Rhett Jones
October 27, 2014 - 10:29AM
Beloved late New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, will have a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum this spring, featuring rarely seen notebooks.

The museum will be displaying 160 unbound notebook pages and 30 related paintings, drawings and mixed media works, all of which come from private collections and Basquiat’s estate.

The famous neo-expressionist painter first came to attention on the streets of NYC under his graffiti-name SAMO©. After dying far too early at the age of 27, he’s been the art world equivalent of Kurt Cobain, becoming something of a martyr and inspiration for films and t-shirts. In recent years, rare items involving the artist have become highly sought after. His paintings go for as much as $27 million.

If you’ve only known his work through what he might’ve called, “SAMO© … 4 MASS MEDIA MINDWASH,” this exhibition should be a nice way to go straight to the man himself. (Photo: Laser Burners)

m.animalnewyork.com/2014/rare-basquiat-notebooks-coming-major-museum-exhibition/

Looks like that will be a really special show to see

BASQUIAT AND BAYOU IN NEW ORLEANS

www.widewalls.ch/basquiat-and-bayou-in-new-orleans/

With a mission to support the local arts community, New Orleans founded an art festival entitled Prospect featuring different programs, exhibitions and projects across the city. This year, Prospect.3: Notes for Now opened on October 25th and will last thirteen weeks. During this period, the New Orleans art community will showcase approximately 70 contemporary art events. Organized by artists, art organizations, co-ops, curators and advocates, P.3+ will feature the work of approximately 300 emerging and established New Orleans and regional artists. The artists were selected by Franklin Sirmans, the curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Prospect.3 also includes several other popup exhibits that were not selected by Sirmans. These scattered exhibitions are called P.3+ or satellite exhibits. One of the must-see shows this year is the spectacular Basquiat and the Bayou exhibition featuring a suite of nine of Jean-Michel Basquiat‘s artworks based on Southern themes that has been assembled for the first time ever on the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s fifth floor.

Strong Connection to the South

The impact that Jean-Michel Basquait had on the contemporary art is absolutely amazing especially considering the fact that he was only 27 when he passed away. Starting on the streets of New York in the 70s, he soon became a graffiti legend and shortly after, Basquiat climbed to the highest rungs of the rarified Manhattan art world, eventually even collaborating on paintings with pop legend Andy Warhol. Franklin Sirmans, the artistic director of Prospect.3, studied Basquiat for years. As he says: “Basquiat is not only one of the most important figures in contemporary art of America, but one of the pioneers of what we now call the hip-hop culture.” Other interests in Basquiat’s work were connected to his strong relationship to the South. Over the course of his short but spectacular career, the artist created a body of work that often addresses the deep psychological and spiritual terrain of America, in its broadest sense.

On View Until January 2015

The selection of works presented at the Ogden Museum of Art as a part of the Basquiat and the Bayou show constitutes a meditation on the powerful symbolic presence of the Mississippi River and its delta in the work of this iconic artist, as a physical and cultural conduit for Africans in the New World. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue published by DelMonico/Prestel.
Basquiat and the Bayou will be on view, along with all the other shows in Prospect.3 until January 25, 2015.

I bought two for me and one for a friend in hhv.de . barghain for me

anyone get more than one of these and can help me out?

just got mine in the mail and the idiots put the wrong record in....

called them and they've sold out......cocks

any help would be appreciated