Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).
Title: "Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1982. Printed 1986.
Dimensions: Overall size: 8 1/16 x 7 7/8 in. (205 x 200 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right; signed and dated in the plate, lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Very light cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Johnnypump is a term used for a fire hydrant in New York City, especially in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, more so one that's opened in the summer for kids to play in. This print is scarce, rare signed, and seldom seen. No auction records located. Issued for the opening night exhibition of "Jean-Michel Basquiat" at the Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (the exhibition ran from November 28th 1986 to January 25th 1987). Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the event and they went quickly. Published by the Kestner-Gesellschaft and printed in Hannover by Frenzel & Heinrichs. Image copyright © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris; ARS, New York. [29057-2-600]

Fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board