Cash Crop, 1984
Oil and acrylic on canvas. 182.9 x 243.8 cm. (72 x 96 in).
Signed, titled and dated 'Jean-Michel Basquiat Cash Crop 1984' on the reverse. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Authentication Committee of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
PROVENANCE Larry Gagosian Gallery, New York; Private collection
EXHIBITED Vienna, Kunsthaus, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1999
LITERATURE Exhibition catalogue, Kunsthaus, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Vienna, 1999, p. 87 (illustrated); E. Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 2000, p. 214 (illustrated)
The present lot, Cash Crop, a large scale and expressive canvas, was painted during the summer of 1984 during his first visit to the island of Maui in Hawaii, at a time when Basquiat was at the height of his fame and powers. Attracted by the island’s natural beauty and warm...
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