Warrior
- Maker
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Year
- 1982
- Rank
- 15 of 100
Warrior
Warrior by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1982) is ranked 15 in the FLOAT 100 for Fine art. It sold for $41,900,000 on 23 March 2021. Set the record for Western art sold at auction in Asia; demonstrates global Basquiat demand.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Set the record for Western art sold at auction in Asia; demonstrates global Basquiat demand.
Acrylic, oilstick, spray paint on wood, 183 x 122 cm (unique)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $41,900,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 23 March 2021
Christie's Hong Kong, total incl. premium ~HK$323.6M, native-USD reported as $41.9M
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