Jean-Michel Basquiat
Number 1
signed and inscribed "Jesus" (on the reverse)
acrylic, enamel, spray paint, oil stick, felt pen and collage on canvas
56 by 34 in.
142.2 by 86.4 cm.
Executed in 1981.
Price upon request
signed and inscribed "Jesus" (on the reverse)
56 by 34 in.
142.2 by 86.4 cm.
Provenance
Vrej Baghoomian, Inc., New York
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Collection of Barbara and Eugene Schwartz, New York
Christie's, New York, 3 May 1989, lot 62 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 25 February 1993, lot 382
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibition
New York, Vrej Baghoomian, Inc., Jean-Michel Basquiat, October - November 1989, no.3, p. 18 (text) and pp. 24-25, illustrated in color
Art Gallery of Ontario, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now's the Time, February - May 2015, p. 42, illustrated in color (incorrectly dated 1982)
Literature
Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 2nd Ed., Vol II., Paris 1996, no. 3, pp. 66-67, illustrated in color
Tony Shafrazi, et al., Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York 1999, p. 76, illustrated in color
Richard D. Marshall and Jean-Louis Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 3rd Ed., Vol II., Paris 2000, no. 9, pp. 92-93, illustrated in color