WELCOME TO OUR

ART-MODERNE 2016 END OF SUMMER SALE


ALL ITEMS ARE HUGELY DISCOUNTED --- ONLY FOR OUR SALE!


JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
(1960-1988)

AN ORIGINAL GOUACHE with ACRYLIC PAINTING ON BOARD
("Sugar Ray")

Circa late 1970s-1980s

SIGNED ON THE VERSO:
BASQUIAT
(JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT)



(This artwork came without any official COAs or gallery documents attached, hence it is offered in our Sale "as is")



NEW YORK-based 1980s art-star, JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 22, 1960. With a Haitian-American father and a Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat's diverse cultural heritage was one of his many sources of inspiration.
 
A self-taught artist, Basquiat began drawing at an early age on sheets of paper his father, an accountant, brought home from the office. As he delved deeper into his creative side, his mother strongly encouraged him to pursue his artistic talents.
 
Basquiat first attracted attention for his graffiti in New York City in the late 1970s, under the name "SAMO." Working with a close friend, he tagged subway trains and Manhattan buildings with cryptic aphorisms.
 
In 1977, Basquiat quit high school a year before he was slated to graduate. To make ends meet, he sold sweatshirts and postcards featuring his artwork on the streets of his native New York.

Three years of struggle gave way to fame in 1980, when his work was featured in a group show. His work and style received critical acclaim for the fusion of words, symbols, stick figures, and animals. Soon, his paintings came to be adored by an art-loving public that had no problem paying as much as $50,000 to $100,000 or more for a Basquiat original.
 
His rise coincided with the emergence of a new art movement, Neo-Expressionism, ushering in a wave of new, young and experimental artists that included Julian Schnabel and Susan Rothenberg.
 
In the mid-1980s, Basquiat collaborated with famed pop artist Andy Warhol, which resulted in a show of their work that featured a series of corporate logos and cartoon characters.

A heroin-addict, Basquiat died of a drug overdose on August 12, 1988, in New York City. He was 27 years old. 

Although his art career was brief, Jean-Michel Basquiat has been credited with bringing the African-American and Latino experience to the elite international art-world. His large-scale acrylic paintings on canvas now often command prices well in excess of one million dollars.


THE PAINTING

This superb NEO-EXPRESSIONIST work is an ORIGINAL PAINTING (with a Boxing theme), made with GOUACHE PAINT with some ACRYLIC PAINT as well.

Entitled: "SUGAR RAY," after the famous African-American boxer, Sugar Ray Robinson. 

The painting, on wood board, measures: 13 3/4" x 9 7/8" (35 cm x 25 cm). Currently unframed.

It is SIGNED on the VERSO: BASQUIAT, along with the artist's famous CROWN symbol.

Not dated, estimated to be from the late 1970s, possibly the early 1980s. 

The painting is absolutely an ORIGINAL WORK; NOT a print or lithograph or any other kind of reproduction.

PLEASE NOTE: Under eBay's rules and regulations we have to sell this original painting as in the manner of, or in the style of Jean-Michel Basquiat, as there were no official or recognized COAs or gallery documents attached when we acquired the work. Hence, although all aspects feel correct, it must be offered for sale on eBay, as is, in Jean-Michel Basquiat's style. 

In VERY GOOD CONDITION. 

A terrific late-1970s to early 1980s UNIQUE PAINTING.  Jean-Michel Basquiat is a highly-collectible artist, with rapidly appreciating values; he is known and collected around the world.

This original work is a tribute to the great 20th century African-American boxer, SUGAR RAY ROBINSON.

We have REDUCED this rare ORIGINAL WORK hugely for our END OF SUMMER SALE, to way below normal market values.

This is a "Buy-It-Now" SALE ITEM with the option of making a "BEST OFFER" as well.


*Now with WELL OVER 79% OFF of our normal, already discounted online price of $33,500.

For THIS WEEK ONLY we are offering this rare, late-1970s Neo-Expressionist painting at a BUY-IT-NOW SALE PRICE of just $6,750

We are also open to reasonable BEST OFFERS !!!   

NOW OVER $26,000 OFF !!! 

Including AN EXTRA $5,000 OFF just for this ONE SALE WEEK.


With FREE SHIPPING if you are in the mainland United States. And REDUCED shipping throughout the rest of the world.

*We also offer terrific overseas combined shipping discounts when you buy more than one item in our SALE --- Please ask us!

The painting will be securely shipped worldwide (with the exception of the African continent), wrapped and fully protected with stiff boards in a strong 3-dimensional padded-box, via trackable FedEx Air International. (And via UPS Ground for the mainland United States.)


Please view our other SALE-PRICED fine-art auctions and sales now running on eBay this week. Thank you! 

*WE'LL BE ADDING SOME LATE ARRIVAL ARTWORKS DURING THE SALE 
SO PLEASE RE-VISIT US TO VIEW THE NEW ADDITIONS

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