BET Current: Basquiat Masterpiece Expected to Fetch Up to $15M at Sotheby’s

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A rare 1981 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, unseen for more than three decades, will lead Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction this May, capturing the raw brilliance of the artist’s breakout years.

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