Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Exercise, 1984
Acrylic · Canvas
Phillips · Nov 19, 2025$3,852,000 ≈ £2,935,528 ≈ €3,325,563Sign up free to see price
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To Repel Ghosts
Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988) · 1985
$7,862,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £6,609,364≈ €7,557,190
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic, oil, oilstick and Xerox collage on wood”
- Support
- Panel
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed, titled and dated "TO REPEL GHOSTS Jean MB 85" on the reverse · Jean-Michel Basquiat signature
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 83 3/4 x 35 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (212.7 x 90.8 x 31.8 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010722)
- Date
- November 15, 2022
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 24
- Estimate
- $7,000,000 – $10,000,000 (≈ £5,884,331 – £8,406,187) (≈ €6,728,181 – €9,611,688)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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