# @sothebys on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=uo6Ycv1IRuE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35498750-sothebys-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-09T22:02:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's (@sothebys) — https://gondola.cc/sothebys

## Caption

Painted in 1981, when Jean-Michel Basquiat was just twenty-one, 'Crowns (Peso Neto)' captures the moment he transformed from a downtown prodigy into a global phenomenon. Raw, electric, and fearless, the canvas radiates the energy of an artist on the cusp of immortality—where tallies, halos, and crowns became the language of a new art history.

Now offered at Sotheby’s with an estimate of $35–45 million, 'Crowns (Peso Neto)' returns to New York as the centerpiece of our inaugural Contemporary Evening Sale in the Breuer Building on Madison Avenue. Once a declaration of rebellion, now a relic of modern mythology—the crown endures, and the legend continues.

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 'Crowns (Peso Neto)', a rare and electrifying masterwork, will take center stage at Sotheby’s first Contemporary Evening Sale at the landmark Breuer Building on 18 November, presented as part of Basquiat Crowned | Property from a Distinguished European Collection.

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## Tags

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