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Facts about Jean-Michel Basquiat's Untitled 1981

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    Jean-Michel Basquiat created Untitled 1981 when he was just twenty years old, reflecting his remarkably rapid rise in the New York art world.

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    At the time of its 2017 auction sale, Jean-Michel Basquiat's Untitled 1981 became the sixth most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

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    The buyer of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Untitled 1981 was Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who purchased it to display publicly.

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    Painted in 1981, Jean-Michel Basquiat's Untitled sold at Sotheby's New York in 2017 for over $110 million, setting a record for an American artist at auction.

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    This large-scale work by Jean-Michel Basquiat features his signature combination of text, anatomical imagery, and crown motifs rendered in acrylic and oil paintstick.

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