Lot #868: JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT - Charles the First - Color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).
Title: "Charles the First".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1982. Printed 1984.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 3/4 x 7 9/16 in. (222 x 192 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Very light cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good condition. Comment(s): Scarce, rare signed, and seldom seen. No auction records located. Issued for the opening night exhibition of "Jean Michel Basquiat – Paintings, 1981-1984" at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (the exhibition ran from February 9th to March 31st, 1985). Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the event and they went quickly. “Charles the First” was the title of this image at the exhibition; it is now sometimes titled “Most Young Kings Get Thier (sic) Heads Cut Off.” Published by The Fruitmarket Gallery. Printed in the Netherlands by Lecturis bv. Image copyright © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris; ARS, New York. [28993-1-400]