- by Jason Gregory
- Thursday, June 12, 2008
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A painting by Jean-Michael Basquiat, which belongs to U2, will be auctioned in ondon next month.
The piece of art, Untitled (Pecho/Oreja), which was completed in 1983, is expected to raise over £5million.
The painting could challenge the current record for a Basquiat painting, which stands at £7.4million.
According to the BBC, the painting was originally spotted by the bands bassist Adam Clayton at a gallery in New York and has hung in a the band's studio ever since.
Speaking about the piece, Oliver Barker, of Sotheby's Contemporary Art department, said that “it seems especially appropriate that a work by Basquiat should end up in a music studio, since so much has been said about the relationship between his art and music."
Basquiat, who was originally a graffiti artist, died from a drug overdose in 1988.
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