Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
All Beef
signed 'Jean-Michel Basquiat' (lower right of the recto) and signed again, titled and dated 'Jean-Michel Basquiat 1983 ALL BEEF' (on the feet)
oil, acrylic, oilstick and nail on three-dimensional canvas structure
73 x 35 x 21½ in. (185.5 x 89 x 54.5 cm.)
Executed in 1983. This work is accompanied by a certificate issued by the Authentication Committee for the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Provenance
Estate of Andy Warhol, New York
Literature
R.D. Marshall, and J.-L. Prat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris 1996, vol.II, p.110 (illustrated).
E. Navarra et al, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris 2000, p.180 (illustrated).
J.W. Smith, ed., Possession Obsession Andy Warhol and Collecting, Pittsburgh 2002, p.127 (illustrated).
Photograph of Andy Warhol's Townhouse as it originally appeared in the December 1987 issue of House and Garden magazine, copyright @ Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used with Permission.
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