Sabado por la Noche (English: Saturday Night) is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1984.
[2] He was fluent in Spanish and often riffed on the language in his artworks such as the title of this painting, Sabado por la Noche, which translates to Saturday Night.
Basquiat often drew from his Afro-Caribbean roots by relating symbols from his heritage such as "Spanish words and African masks, to the tumultuous experience of modern-day street life.
[2] Sabado por la Noche is a mix of acrylic, silkscreen, oil stick, and paper collage on canvas.
[6] In June 2019, the painting sold for $10.7 million at Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction in London.