· a long-lost jean-michel basquiat masterpiece—an untitled painting from 1982—made auction history this week, selling for $98 million at hammer ($110. 5 million with fees) at a major contemporary art sale. In 1984, jean-michel basquiat sold his painting untitled for $19,000. · untitled is the most expensive work by an american artist ever sold at auction, and the most valuable work by any african-american artist. · jean-michel basquiat joined joined the pantheon of great, great artists thursday night, when the late painters 1982 work untitled sold for a record-breaking $110. 5 million at auction — the. · basquiat’ s auction record was set in 2017, when an untitled 1982 painting sold for an incredible $110. 4 million at sotheby’s new york. (sale prices include fees, pre-sale estimates do not. ) That same painting sold for an astonishing $110 million dollars at sothebys auction of contemporary art in may 2018. Jean-michel basquiat became the most expensive american artist ever sold at auction thursday when an azure-and-black untitled skull painting from 1982 was bought by the japanese billionaire. · jean-michel basquiat ’s untitled (1982) sold for $22. 95 million at christie’s 21st century evening sale on november 21st, setting a new auction record for a work on paper by the artist.
