Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988). Title: "Galileo Galilei". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1983. Printed 1985. Dimensions: Overall size: 10 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (270 x 181 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Very light cream smooth wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Scarce, rare signed, and seldom seen. No auction records located. Issued for the opening night exhibition of "Jean-Michel Basquiat: Paintings" at the Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (the exhibition ran from December 2nd to December 25th, 1985). Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the event and they went quickly. Published by the Akira Ikeda Gallery and printed by the Takada Printing Co. Image copyright © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris; ARS, New York. [29527-2-800]