A monumental work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, estimated to reap about US$30 million ($40m) at auction, is coming to Sotheby's in May.
The roughly 3.5m by 3.5m Flesh and Spirit is being sold by the estate of Dolores Ormandy Neumann, an early champion of 1980s New York graffiti artists.
It will be offered during the contemporary art sale on May 16.
The collector bought it for US$15,000 ($20,500) in 1983 - the year it was completed - from an exhibition at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, according to Sotheby's.
The painting's title was inspired by Yale University art historian Robert Farris Thompson's book Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy.