Unit Filter GE

1984

Unit Filter GE (1984) is a vibrant mixed-media collaboration between Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, executed on a vivid yellow ground with bold blue, red, and black imagery. The composition features Basquiat's signature neo-expressionist vocabulary — a windmill, a crowned figure, a masked character, recurring 'RNR' notations, and the prominent General Electric logo — layered with graffiti-style text including 'UNIT.', 'FILTER.', 'WINDMILL', and energy source annotations. Currently installed in a private residence at 432 Park Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, as part of collector Fernanda Dovigi's museum-caliber art collection. The work is presented in a warm wood floater frame and is one of several major Basquiat works in the apartment.

Medium: Mixed media on canvas (collaboration with Andy Warhol)
Spotted At: Home

Notes

Work created in collaboration with Andy Warhol. Photographed by Stephen Kent Johnson. Published in Wallpaper magazine (@wallpapermag). Source: Instagram post by @theartreporter. Also mentioned in same collection: Untitled (1982) by Basquiat, Empire (1983) by Basquiat, Conversations (2012) by George Condo, Untitled (Cowboy) (2016) by Richard Prince, No Title (Draw the Line) (2020) by Raymond Pettibon, Paysage, bord de la Seine, près de Jeufosse (Eure) (1884) by Claude Monet. Text visible on work: 'UNIT.', 'FILTER.', 'RNR', 'RNR. N', 'R', 'WINDMILL©', '— RNR', '1. WIND', 'II. WATER', 'III. ELECTRICITY', GE (General Electric) logo, Chinese/Japanese characters. Floater-framed in wood.