This Is Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Resume

It sold with an asking price of $50,000.

UNTITLED (RESUME I) AND UNTITLED (RESUME II REFERENCE)
Marker on paper, two works
Each: 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 in. 21.6 by 14 cm.
Executed in 1980.

Source: sothebys.com

He was 20 at the time.

He was 20 at the time.

Source: Zeitgeist Films / Courtesy: Everett Collection

This piece was a part of a selling exhibition of Basquiat's work at Sotheby's.

This piece was a part of a selling exhibition of Basquiat's work at Sotheby's.

Sotheby's has confirmed that Basquiat's "Untitled (resume)" has sold; the asking price was $50,000. Because this is a selling exhibition and not a public auction, Sotheby's keeps the final selling price private.

Source: basquiat.sothebys.com

The asking price for the 31 items in the show ranged from $20,000 to $12 million.

The asking price for the 31 items in the show ranged from $20,000 to $12 million.

Source: basquiat.sothebys.com


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