Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Untitled (Pestus), 1982
Acrylic · Paper
Phillips · Oct 16, 2025£2,374,000 ≈ $3,187,570 ≈ €2,736,346Sign up free to see price
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Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960–1988) · 1983-84
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $5,000,000 – $7,000,000 (≈ £3,279,764 – £4,591,669) (≈ €3,878,976 – €5,430,566)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic, oil stick, paper collage on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 66 x 60 in. (168 x 152.8 cm.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Contemporary Art Evening Sale (NY010313)
- Date
- May 16, 2013
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 13
- Estimate
- $5,000,000 – $7,000,000 (≈ £3,279,764 – £4,591,669) (≈ €3,878,976 – €5,430,566)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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