The Guilt of Gold Teeth
The Guilt of Gold Teeth | |
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Artist | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Year | 1982 |
Medium | Acrylic, spray paint and oilstick on canvas |
Movement | Neo-expressionism |
Dimensions | 240 cm × 421.3 cm (94 1/2 in × 165 7/8 in) |
The Guilt of Gold Teeth is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. The painting, which depicts Baron Samedi, sold for $40 million at Christie's in November 2021.[1]
History
The Guilt of Gold Teeth was created Jean-Michel Basquiat during his second stay in Modena, Italy, as his star was rapidly ascending.[2] Basquiat had a planned show at Emilio Mazzoli's gallery in Modena in March 1982. Feeling exploited, the show was cancelled because Basquiat was pressured to churn out eight canvases in one week.[3] He severed ties with Mazzoli and his New York dealer Annina Nosei shortly thereafter.[4]
The painting—which measures almost 14 feet across—features Baron Samedi, chief of the Gede family of lwa in Haitian Vodou, responsible for accepting individuals into death and resurrection.[5] The keeper of death's iconography includes a black top hat and long black coat, and his face painted like a skull.[6] Basquiat, whose father was from Haiti, also portrayed Baron Samedi in his 1987 painting Después de un Puño.[7]
The Guilt of Gold Teeth was sold at Sotheby's for $387,500 in 1998.[8] In November 2021, it sold for $40 million at Christie's 21st Century Art Evening Sale in New York.
See also
- List of paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat
- 1982 in art
References
- ^ Porterfield, Carlie. "Rare Jean-Michel Basquiat Painting Sells For $40 Million At Auction". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ Block, Fang (October 13, 2021). "Christie's to Offer Two Jean-Michel Basquiat Masterpieces From 1982". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ McGuigan, Cathleen (February 10, 1985). "New Art, New Money". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ Greenberger, Alex (2021-10-13). "$40 M. Basquiat Painting Headed to Christie's Looks to Join Artist's Most Expensive Works". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ Steiger, Brad (2010-09-01). Real Monsters, Gruesome Critters, and Beasts from the Darkside. Visible Ink Press. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-57859-347-7.
- ^ Davies, Carole Boyce (2008). Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 821. ISBN 978-1-85109-700-5.
- ^ Saggese, Jordana Moore (2014-05-30). Reading Basquiat: Exploring Ambivalence in American Art. Univ of California Press. p. 821. ISBN 978-0-520-27624-6.
- ^ Goldstein, Caroline (2021-10-13). "A Basquiat Painting Picked Up in 1998 for Less Than $400,000 Could Make More Than $40 Million at Christie's in November". Artnet News. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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- La Hara (1981)
- Untitled (Fishing) (1981)
- Irony of Negro Policeman (1981)
- The Field Next to the Other Road (1981)
- Untitled (Tar Tar Tar, Lead Lead Lead) (1981)
- Cadillac Moon (1981)
- Bird on Money (1981)
- Untitled (Skull) (1981)
- Untitled (Devil) (1982)
- Untitled (Skull) (1982)
- Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump (1982)
- Dustheads (1982)
- Gem Spa (1982)
- A Panel of Experts (1982)
- Dos Cabezas (1982)
- Versus Medici (1982)
- Untitled (Head) (1982)
- Hannibal (1982)
- Crown Hotel (Mona Lisa Black Background) (1982)
- Leonardo da Vinci's Greatest Hits (1982)
- Untitled (Pollo Frito) (1982)
- Donut Revenge (1982)
- Charles the First (1982)
- Red Skull (1982)
- Warrior (1982)
- Untitled (One Eyed Man or Xerox Face) (1982)
- Equals Pi (1982)
- The Guilt of Gold Teeth (1982)
- Flesh and Spirit (1982-83)
- El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile) (1983)
- Hollywood Africans (1983)
- In This Case (1983)
- Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) (1983)
- Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta (1983)
- Sabado por la Noche (1984)
- Olympics (1984)
- Flexible (1984)
- Taxi, 45th/Broadway (1984-85)
- Zenith (1985)
- Jim Crow (1986)
- Gray
- "Beat Bop" (1983)
- Basquiat (1996)
- Downtown 81 (2000)
- Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)
- Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2017)
- Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017)
- Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art (1998)
- Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (2016)
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- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1982 painting)
- A Pile of Crowns for Jean-Michel Basquiat (1988 painting)
- Life Doesn't Frighten Me (1993 book)
- "Basquiat" (2020 song)
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