Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat rose from the SAMO graffiti tag on downtown Manhattan walls to international acclaim in barely a decade, becoming one of the most significant American painters of the late twentieth century. His raw, urgent canvases combine crowns, skulls, anatomical diagrams and fragments of text into a coded commentary on race, power and history. Since his death in 1988 at twenty-seven, Basquiat's market has become one of the most valuable of any postwar artist, with major paintings selling for tens of millions and strong, liquid demand for his drawings and prints. Rosenfeld Gallery handles secondary-market works by Basquiat across paintings, works on paper and editions. Whether you are looking to acquire a Basquiat or to sell one privately, we can advise on availability, value and provenance in complete confidence.