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El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile) also known as Untitled (History of the Black People), [1] [2] is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1983. The artwork references Ancient Egypt and Southern United States culture to critique the Western society's understanding of history and its forgetfulness towards slavery.
The top three Basquiat paintings at auction all date to 1982, which is considered his most valuable year. [2] At a Sotheby's auction in 2017, Untitled (1982), sold for $110.5 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever purchased and setting a new record high for an American artist at auction. [3]
Jean-Michel Basquiat (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl baskja]; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
The artwork was painted in 1982, which is considered Jean-Michel Basquiat's most valuable year. [2] It was first shown by his art dealer Bruno Bischofberger, the Zurich gallery-owner. It was later shown at the Mary Boone Gallery in New York in 1999, and then it was acquired by Comtesse Viviane de Witt.
Among the paintings created was The Field Next to the Other Road, a depiction of skeletal man walking a cow. In May 2015, the painting sold for $37.1 million at Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York. [1] In December 2015, the painting was still owned by the consignor, art dealer Tony Shafrazi. [5]
The painting has been exhibited at the following art institutions: Jean-Michel Basquiat: Histoire d'une oeuvre (The Work of a Lifetime) at Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol in Paris, June–October 2003. [6] Jean-Michel Basquiat at Museo d'Arte Moderna della Città di Lugano, Villa Malpensata in Lugano, March–June 2005. [6]
(Reuters) - Early works by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, known for his provocative, powerful and sometimes controversial paintings, will be exhibited and sold in online and in-house auctions in ...
Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Untitled in 1981, a pivotal year when he transitioned from street artist into the adulation of the New York art scene. He worked in the basement of Annina Nosei's gallery in SoHo where Untitled was executed. The artwork depicts a fisherman wearing a crown of thorns and a halo of the same nature. He is standing at ...