Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Multiflavors

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
Multiflavors
signed and titled '"MULTIFLAVOR" [sic] Jean-Michel Basquiat' (on the reverse)
acrylic and oilstick on canvas with tied wood supports
60 ½ x 61in. (153.7 x 154.5cm.)
Executed in 1982

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Provenance
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich.
Jan Eric Lowenadler, Stockholm.
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s New York, 5 May 1987, lot 262.
Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Catherine Charbonneaux Paris, 29 October 1990, lot 127.
Private Collection, France (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION

Literature
Galerie Enrico Navarra (ed.), Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris 1996, Vol. I, p. 391 (illustrated in colour, p. 108).
Galerie Enrico Navarra (ed.), Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris 2000, Vol. II, p. 117, no. 5 (illustrated in colour, p. 116).

Exhibited
Zurich, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1982.
Paris, Musée-Galerie de la Seita, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Peinture, dessin, écriture, 1993-1994, no. 13 (illustrated in colour, p. 41).
Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Histoire d'une oeuvre, 2003, p. 54 (illustrated in colour, p. 55).
Milan, Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, The Jean-Michel Basquiat Show, 2006-2007, p. 233, no. 100 (illustrated in colour, p. 232).