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Jean-Michel Basquiat: career timeline

American · 1960–1988 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 181 of 227 lots (80% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1970s22$55kSign upDrawing
1980s177141$365kSign upAcrylic

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1970s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$55kSign up
Average
$55kSign up
Typical size
13 × 10 in (32 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)

1980s 177 works

Sold
141 of 177
Median
$365kSign up
Average
$2.8MSign up
Typical size
30 × 22.5 in (76 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (52), Oil (43), Drawing (38)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (19), Birds (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 153 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

46 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$10.8kSign up
Average
$10.8kSign up
Typical size
39.5 × 39.5 in (100 × 100 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold
4 of 5
Median
$13.1kSign up
Average
$24.7kSign up
Typical size
40 × 40 in (102 × 102 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (3), Other (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 39 works

Sold
37 of 39
Median
$544Sign up
Average
$4.2kSign up
Typical size
17 × 16 in (44 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (28), Print (other) (3), Screenprint (3)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 27 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Jean-Michel Basquiat auction results →