![Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 painting “Untitled" sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday, May 18, 2017, to become the sixth most expensive work ever sold at auction. Only 10 Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 painting “Untitled" sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday, May 18, 2017, to become the sixth most expensive work ever sold at auction. Only 10](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/2e8b37ccc7c24e43b85d4d510eea6a11/2ettc6w.jpg)
Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 painting “Untitled" sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday, May 18, 2017, to become the sixth most expensive work ever sold at auction. Only 10
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Is this Basquiat worth $110m? Yes – his art of American violence is priceless | Jean-Michel Basquiat | The Guardian
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