Jean-Michel Basquiat Estate Prints Portfolio III
Ascent; Olympic; Leeches; and Liberty
The complete set of four screen-prints in colors
Medium: Screen-print in colors on 300gm Somerset Satin paper
Year: 1982-83/2017
Size: 22×30 inches (56 x 76.4 cm)
Edition: 50
Artist’s Proofs: 20
Other: 15 Hors Commerce (HC), 5 Printer’s Proofs (PP), and 1 BAT
Publisher: Flatiron Editions, New-York
Printer: Brand X Editions, New-York
All contained in a dark grey linen-covered portfolio with silver embossed crown.
All prints are numbered, signed and dated by Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux (Administrators of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat) in pencil with the Estate stamp on the reverse
Ascent
Liberty
Olympic
Leeches
Auction Results
Sotheby’s New-York: 15 April 2025
Estimated: USD 60,000 – 80,000
USD 177,800
AFTER JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960 – 1988)
Ascent; Olympic; Leeches; and Liberty, 1982-83/2017
The set of four screenprints in colors on Somerset wove paper
Lacking the colophon and original dark grey linen-covered portfolio
Each numbered in pencil 40/50 and signed in pencil and dated on the estate stamp on the versos
By Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux, the Administrators of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Phillips London: 7 June 2023
Estimated: GBP 60,000 – 80,000
GBP 53,340 / USD 41,835
AFTER JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
Ascent; Olympic; Leeches; and Liberty, 1982-1983/2017
The complete set of four screenprints in colors on Somerset paper with colophon
All contained in the original dark grey linen-covered portfolio with silver embossed crown
All numbered 43/50 in pencil on the front (there were also 20 artist’s proofs)
All signed and dated ’12/7/17′ in pencil by Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux
(Administrators of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat)
On a stamped Certificate of Authenticity on the reverse
Phillips New-York: 15 February 2023
Estimated: USD 60,000 – 90,000
USD 119,700
AFTER JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
Ascent; Olympic; Leeches; and Liberty, 1982-1983/2017
The complete set of four screen-prints in colors
All contained in the original dark grey linen-covered portfolio with silver embossed crown
All numbered 13/50 in pencil (there were also 20 artist’s proofs)
All signed and dated ’12/7/17′ by Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux
(Administrators of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat) in pencil with the Estate stamp on the reverse
Heritage Auctions: 22 July 2019
USD 58,750
AFTER JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
Ascent; Olympic; Leeches; and Liberty, 1982-1983/2017
Four screen-prints in colors
All numbered 17/50 in pencil lower right
With Estate stamp and signatures from Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux