Pablo Picasso. "Head of a Woman." Spanish / French.
This was the first big sale of the fair, for $18 million the first evening.
This was the first big sale of the fair, for $18 million the first evening.
Keith Haring. "Dancing Couple" and "Pink Trianagle" and "Wallpaper."
Keith Haring was a young Street Artist from New York who died at the age of 31 of AIDS.
His exuberance, joy in living, and playful art are powerful forces that many followers
still feel.
Keith Haring. "Wallpaper." Andy Warhol. "Skulls."
Keith Haring Room at Art Basel. The age of visitors here is about 50 years younger
than in most booths at the fair.
Beatriz Milhazes. "Turning." Brazil.
Joan Mitchell. "Bluebells." U.S. Abstract Expressionism. Sold for $14 million.
John Chamberlain. "Kanawara Falls." Pieces of auto fenders, cut, bent, and painted. U.S.
George Segal. "Woman at Mirror." U.S. Pop Art.
Segal made casts on the bodies of friends, and then filled the casts with plaster.
He wanted to make art that was so realistic, you would mistake it for the real thing.
He was not interested in Abstract Art.
George Segal. "Subway Car." New York. Plaster. Super-realism.
George Segal. "New York Street." Painted Plaster. Super-realism.
Jesus Rafael Soto. "Red Yellow Blue." Venezuela. Op Art.
The squares of color are attached to the back with wooden posts 4 inches long. As you walk
past the work, the colored squares seem to vibrate against the scored line in back.
Barbara Chase Riboud. "Tantra IV." Polished Bronze and Silk Fibers.
Riboud is one of the leading textile artists in the world, often combining soft textiles
with bronze, in gold or black.
Alma Thomas. "Blue Sky." Washington, D.C. African-American
Alma Thomas was a school teacher in Washington, D.C. for 45 years, but
spent her free time creating art, which is mosaic-like and made up of many
small elements. She loved nature and weather.
Niki de Saint-Phalle. "Wall Lady and Serpent." French.
This piece is 12 feet long and painted brightly.
Romae Bearden. "In the Night, Imagining Some Fear." African-American.
Wayne Thiebaud. "Gumball Machine." U.S. Pop Art Print.
Helen Frankenthaler. "White Joy." U.S. Color Field. 5 x 8 feet.
Kenneth Noland. "Tangential Target." U.S.
Lynda Benglis. "Gold Fan." Gold leaf on wire mesh.
Leon Polk Smith. "Orion." Hard Edge. U.S.
Claes Oldenbourg. "Eraser." Pop Art. Netherlands.
Alighiero Boettie. "Embroidered Letters." Italian Conceptual Art.
Part of the Arte Povera movement in Italy.
Part of the Arte Povera movement in Italy.
Pablo Atchugarry. "Folds." Carrara Marble. Uruguay.
Achugarry spends 6 months of the year at the Carrara quarries in Italy,
and then six months of the year working in Uruguay. His works look as
if they are soft and fragile, like paper or fabric, but they are really marble.
Marjorie Strider. "Red Rose." U.S.
Strider often adds elements to the canvas, creating a 3 D painting.
Rene Magritte. "Man Thinking." Belgium. Surrealism.
Henri Matisse. "The Lesson." French. Fauvist.
Kees van Dongen. "Seated Nude." Belgian. Fauve.
Fernand Leger. "Still Life." French. Cubism.
Pierre Soulages. "Black Painting 257." French Abstract.
Soulages is known as the "Black Painter." He believed all colors
are found in black, and black is more sensuous than any individual color.
Pierre Soulages. "Black Painting 196." French Abstract.
Victor Vasarely. "Hot Red." Hungarian / French Op Art.
Duane Hanson. "Drum Majorette." U.S. Fiberglass. Super-Realism.
Andy Warhol. "Money Sign." Pop Art Print.
Jean-Michel Basquiat. "Gum Onion." Graffiti Art.
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. Basquiat's art focused on "suggestive dichotomies", such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. He appropriated poetry, drawing, and painting, and married text and image, abstraction, figuration, and historical information mixed with contemporary critique.
Basquiat used social commentary in his paintings as a "springboard to deeper truths about the individual", as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism, while his poetics were acutely political and direct in their criticism of colonialism and support for class struggle. He died of a heroin overdose at his art studio at the age of 27.
On May 18, 2017, at a Sotheby's auction, a 1982 painting by Basquiat depicting a skull set a new record high for any American artist at auction, selling for $110.5 million.
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. Basquiat's art focused on "suggestive dichotomies", such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. He appropriated poetry, drawing, and painting, and married text and image, abstraction, figuration, and historical information mixed with contemporary critique.
Basquiat used social commentary in his paintings as a "springboard to deeper truths about the individual", as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism, while his poetics were acutely political and direct in their criticism of colonialism and support for class struggle. He died of a heroin overdose at his art studio at the age of 27.
On May 18, 2017, at a Sotheby's auction, a 1982 painting by Basquiat depicting a skull set a new record high for any American artist at auction, selling for $110.5 million.
James Rosenquist. "Melting." U.S. Pop Art.
David Salle. "Frost Free Zone." U.S.
Sean Scully. "Grey Matter."
El Anatsui. Ghana.
He takes found materials, like bottle caps or soda cans, and assembles them into
rich hangings.
He takes found materials, like bottle caps or soda cans, and assembles them into
rich hangings.
El Anatsui. Pieces of beer cans and soda cans assembled into a dense web. Ghana.
El Anatsui. "Strained Roots." Ghana. Aluminum and Copper Wire.
Sold for $2.4 million.
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