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There's more to art than meets the eye. Here is a selection of lots from past Saturday@Phillips sales. See what the experts say and then add your own pop-up knowledge or comments. Move your cursor over the image to reveal pop-up information. saturday@phillips.com
- Art expert:
Written at the bottom of Charles the First: “Most young kings get thier [sic] head cut off.”
- Art expert:
Charles I was born in 1600 to James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. He worked hard to overcome physical disabilities though suffered from a lifelong stammer. After rising to king in 1625, he was beheaded January 30, 1649 after being found guilty of high treason.
- Art expert:
Throughout his many works, he has placed a crown above the name “Thor,” upon a dinosaur in Pez Dispenser, 1984, and over the word “Cheap Food” in Multiflavors, 1982.
- Art expert:
Basquiat was drawn repeatedly to the same motifs. The three prong crown in one of his most often employed symbols.
- Charles the First
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- December 1 2007
- $9000 to $12000
- $18750
