Yusaku Maezawa to Sell $70 M. Basquiat Painting at Phillips
about 26 months ago (02/28/2022)
Yusaku Maezawa to Sell $70 M. Basquiat at Phillips – ARTnews.com Skip to main content By Angelica Villa Plus Icon Angelica Villa View All February 28, 2022 8:30am Jean-Michel Basquiat's Devil (1982) at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland. Keystone/Georgios Kefala/AP Photo This spring, Japanese multimillionaire Yusaku Maezawa will part with a prized work from his collection, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 painting Untitled (Devil) , which he bought just six years ago at Christie’s for $57.3 million. Scheduled to hit the block at Phillips during a New York contemporary art evening sale on May 18, the work carries an estimate of $70 million and is poised to become the most expensive lot that the house has ever sold.