Color oilsticks on cream wove paper. 405x323 mm; 16x12 3/4 inches. Titled and annotated in black oilstick, recto. With a partial color oilstick transfer on the verso showing Untitled (Venus Velvet Drawing). Ex-collection private collection, New York, see illustration below.
A photocopy and collage of Untitled (Venus Velvet Drawing), sold at Christie's, Los Angeles, sale 9278, lot 330, December 14, 1999. This photocopied image with tape on cardboard was offered with a photo-certificate from the Authentication Committee of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York. It had been in the collection of Andy Warhol, New York, acquired directly from the artist, stamped with the Andy Warhol Collection stamp and numbered NW 14.101, verso.
