Jean-Michel Basquiat PRICE CHARTS
1960 New York City - 1988 New York City. Known for: Street-graffiti, naive figure painting, drawing.
Lots Sold: 83%, High Price: $110.5M (2017), Per sq in: $23201 (2020).
Noted for his graffiti street paintings under the name pseudonym 'SAMO', Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn. His father was Haitian-born Gerard Basquiat. His mother, Matilde Andradas, had been... Read full biography
Noted for his graffiti street paintings under the name pseudonym 'SAMO', Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn. His father was Haitian-born Gerard Basquiat. His mother, Matilde Andradas, had been born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. He had two sisters (born in 1963 and 1966) also born in... Read full biography
Noted for his graffiti street paintings under the name pseudonym 'SAMO', Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn. His father was Haitian-born Gerard Basquiat. His mother, Matilde Andradas, had been born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. He had two sisters (born in 1963 and 1966) also born in Brooklyn. When only a small boy, Basquiat began drawing, inspired by the cartoons and Hitchcock films he watched on television. He also loved to read comic books and Mad Magazine, with its Alfred E.... Read full biography
Noted for his graffiti street paintings under the name pseudonym 'SAMO', Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn. His father was Haitian-born Gerard Basquiat. His mother, Matilde Andradas, had been born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. He had two sisters (born in 1963 and 1966) also born in Brooklyn. When only a small boy, Basquiat began drawing, inspired by the cartoons and Hitchcock films he watched on television. He also loved to read comic books and Mad Magazine, with its Alfred E. Neuman character. His mother encouraged this interest in art, and when he was only seven he produced a children's book with a friend, Mark Prozzo. When only eight, Basquiat was hit by a car while he played in the street, requiring him to spend a month... Read full biography
Noted for his graffiti street paintings under the name pseudonym 'SAMO', Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn. His father was Haitian-born Gerard Basquiat. His mother, Matilde Andradas, had been born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. He had two sisters (born in 1963 and 1966) also born in Brooklyn. When only a small boy, Basquiat began drawing, inspired by the cartoons and Hitchcock films he watched on television. He also loved to read comic books and Mad Magazine, with its Alfred E. Neuman character. His mother encouraged this interest in art, and when he was only seven he produced a children's book with a friend, Mark Prozzo. When only eight, Basquiat was hit by a car while he played in the street, requiring him to spend a month in the hospital. During this time his mother gave him a copy of the book, Gray's Anatomy... Read full biography
Jean-Michel Basquiat - Charts
Average Sales Price by Medium
Chart showing average sales prices by medium.Acrylic: $6,486,275 average, 401 lots.Enamel: $4,082,830 average, 1 lots.Tempera: $2,546,500 average, 1 lots.Other: $1,770,535 average, 202 lots.Oilstick: $794,808 average, 324 lots.Screenprint/Silkscreen: $762,000 average, 1 lots.Oil: $738,915 average, 116 lots.Mixed Media: $656,176 average, 291 lots.Gouache: $414,065 average, 10 lots.Watercolor: $316,719 average, 9 lots.Charcoal: $306,802 average, 18 lots.Ink: $289,712 average, 63 lots.Pencil: $237,842 average, 57 lots.Colored Pencil: $234,027 average, 38 lots.Marker: $232,729 average, 22 lots.Pastel: $217,845 average, 37 lots.Watercolor and pencil: $200,262 average, 4 lots.Collage: $172,986 average, 64 lots.Conte Crayon: $158,940 average, 3 lots.Chalk: $152,103 average, 6 lots.Crayon: $134,059 average, 188 lots.Wood: $100,250 average, 2 lots.Paint: $59,700 average, 1 lots.Polymer: $40,000 average, 1 lots.Pen and ink: $38,510 average, 4 lots.Paper: $1,094 average, 2 lots.Porcelain: $172 average, 11 lots.Use arrow keys to navigate data points. Press Escape to clear selection.
$783,180
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Acrylic
Highest Medium ($6,486,275)
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