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Jean-Michel Basquiat — Red Kings
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Red Kings

1981

"Red Kings" is a mixed media work by Jean-Michel Basquiat that combines acrylic paint with wood and glass surfaces, exemplifying his characteristic layering of materials and techniques. The painting showcases Basquiat's signature aesthetic of gestural abstraction interwoven with text, symbols, and figurative elements rendered in his distinctive expressive style. Created during the height of his career in the 1980s, the work reflects his engagement with themes of power, identity, and cultural critique through a dynamic visual language that defies conventional artistic boundaries.

Medium
acrylic on wood and glass

🔨 Auction Lot

The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction

November 21, 2024

Estimate: $6,000,000$8,000,000

Lot 33

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Red Kings, 1981

"Red Kings" is a mixed media work by Jean-Michel Basquiat that combines acrylic paint with wood and glass surfaces, exemplifying his characteristic layering of materials and techniques. The painting showcases Basquiat's signature aesthetic of gestural abstraction interwoven with text, symbols, and figurative elements rendered in his distinctive expressive style. Created during the height of his career in the 1980s, the work reflects his engagement with themes of power, identity, and cultural critique through a dynamic visual language that defies conventional artistic boundaries.

Medium
acrylic on wood and glass
Year
1981
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Monarchy and power, Mixed Media, Street Art Influence, Symbolic Portraiture, American Artist, Raw And Energetic, Painting, Neo-Expressionism, Figurative

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Collected by

Sebastián In Situ, Sarah Greenspan, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Alex Capecelatro, Nicholas Blum, Lisa Rembrandt, Sebastián Naranjo