Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Sabado por la Noche to Lead Christie’s Hong Kong Evening Sale, with $13 M. to $16 M. Estimate

A punchy hot pink and maroon painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat will be the top lot at Christie’s upcoming 20th/21st century evening sale in Hong Kong on March 28. Titled Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night), the 6.5 foot by 7.5 foot work was painted in 1984 and comes with an estimate of HK$95 million to HK$125 million (about $13 million to $16 million). For the first time, Christie’s will hold the auction at the same time as Art Basel Hong Kong.Sabado comes from a perio