Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).
Title: "The Offs: First Record [first edition, first printing]".
Medium: Original offset lithograph record jacket & record.
Date: Composed 1984.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 3/16 x 12 5/16 in. (310 x 313 mm). Image size: 12 3/16 x 12 5/16 in. (310 x 313 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, upper center verso. Small edition. Stiff album cover stock paper. Fine printing quality. Good to very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: See articles by Glenn O'Brien in "Interview Magazine" May, 1985, Angela Holm in "NY Arts Magazine" March/April, 2008, and Angela Holm & Wu Ziru in "Art Today" February, 2008. Provenance: Estate of a private collector, Manhattan. Comment(s): Please note that our example is from the original first edition, first printing/pressing produced during Basquiat's lifetime. The album was later reprinted after his death in a large edition. The most recent auction sale we could find was for $1,397 at Wright, Chicago, July 13, 2013, lot #144 (an unsigned example). The auction record for an unsigned example of this album cover appears to be $2,914 (€1,850) at Kapandji Morhange, Paris, April 15, 2008, Lot 102. The mixed media drawing of this image sold at Sotheby's, New York, 11/10/2011, for $302,500. Our example is the black vinyl (also issued with clear and white vinyl) with the original liner and accompanied by a "C.D. Presents form", originally included with each impression. The cover was a part of the exhibitions "LP Show" 2003, New York, NY - MOMA / Exit Art; "Vinyl - Records and Covers by Artists" in 2005 in Bremen, Germany at Neues Museum Weserburg; in 2006 in Barcelona, Spain, and 2007 in Porto, Portugal. Pressing by Bill Smith Custom Records, El Segundo, California. Published by David Ferguson, C.D. Presents. Includes vinyl record. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [26505-3-1400]

Good to very good condition