AdvertisementAt $110.5 Million, Basquiat Painting Becomes Priciest Work Ever Sold By A U.S. ArtistMay 19, 2017Colin DwyerfacebookEmailJean-Michel Basquiat's untitled painting of a skull is displayed behind an official with Sotheby's, which offered the media a preview earlier this month. On Thursday, the work sold for $110.5 million — the highest sum ever paid at auction for a work by a U.S. artist. (AFP/Getty Images)