Untitled (skull)
- Maker
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Year
- 1982
- Rank
- 3 of 100
Untitled (skull)
Untitled (skull) by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1982) is ranked 3 in the FLOAT 100 for Fine art. It sold for $110,487,500 on 18 May 2017. The Basquiat record; defining trophy of the contemporary market.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The Basquiat record; defining trophy of the contemporary market.
Acrylic, spray paint, oilstick on canvas, 183.2 x 173 cm (unique)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $110,487,500
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 18 May 2017
Sotheby's New York, total incl. premium, native USD; bought by Yusaku Maezawa
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08