Art

Project Overview

1. Jean-Michel Basquiat 2. Untitled (Skull), 1981 This work belongs to a group of key paintings produced in 1981, a decisive period when Jean-Michel Basquiat completed his transition from street-based art (SAMO) to fully realized studio painting. 2. Qi Baishi (齊白石, 1864–1957) Qi Baishi is regarded as one of the most important masters of modern Chinese ink painting. With a concise and economical use of brush and ink, he captured the essence and vital energy of life. Qi Baishi’s Chrysanthemum and Figure-with-Chrysanthemum themes represent his late-period artistic world and constitute a body of work in which the spirit of traditional Chinese literati painting is expressed in its most concise and condensed form.

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1. Jean-Michel Basquiat Untitled (Skull), 1981 Basquiat’s skull paintings are among the most consistently highly valued groups within his oeuvre. • Untitled (1982) sold for USD 110.5 million at Sotheby’s in 2017 The year 1981 represents the pivotal stage immediately preceding this peak—when Basquiat’s visual language had fully coalesced, while rarity remained intact—making works from this year particularly significant. From the perspective of RWAHUB, this work represents more than a famous image. It embodies a clearly defined artistic identity, a body of work in which year, motif, and market record are closely aligned, and a set of benchmarks already validated by the global art market. It is therefore not merely an object of visual appreciation, but an asset-based artwork in which context, documentation, and rarity coexist. 2. Qi Baishi (齊白石, 1864–1957) A Master of Modern Chinese Painting Who Depicted a Vast World Through Small Forms of Life Together with his paintings of shrimp, vegetables, and flowers, the chrysanthemum and figure-with-chrysanthemum themes form a central axis of Qi Baishi’s artistic world. These works are regarded as exemplary cases of the modern continuation of traditional painting, standing as representative achievements that demonstrate both the spiritual depth and formal strength of Chinese painting.