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Jean Michel Basquiat
United StatesJean-Michel Basquiat. American. 1966-1980. Jean-Michel Basquiat was an influential African-American artist who rose to success during the 1980s. Basquiat's paintings are largely responsible for elevating graffiti artists into the realm of the New York gallery scene, his spray-painted crowns and scribbled words, referenced everything from his Haitian and Puerto Rican heritage, to political issues, pop-culture icons, and Biblical verse. The gestural marks and expressive nature of his work not only aligned him with the street art of Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf, but also the Neo-Expressionists Julian Schnabel and David Salle. "If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence," he said of his process. "It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind." Born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY, Basquiat never finished high school but developed an appreciation for art as a youth, from his many visits to the Brooklyn Museum of Art with his mother. His early work consisted of spray painting buildings and trains in downtown New York alongside his friend Al Diaz. The artist's tag was the now infamous pseudonym SAMO. After quickly rising to fame in the early 1980s, Basquiat was befriended by many celebrities and artists, including Andy Warhol, with whom he made several collaborative works. At only 27, his troubles with fame and drug addiction led to his tragic death from an overdose on August 12, 1988 in New York, NY. The Whitney Museum of American Art held the artist's first retrospective from October 1992 to February 1993. In 2017, after having set Basquiat's auction record the previous year with a $57.3 million purchase, the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa surpassed it, buying the artist's Untitled (1982) at Sotheby's for $110.5 million. This set a new record for the highest price ever paid at auction for an American artist's work. Today, Basquiat's works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, among others. Authenticated Listings wanted.
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Jean Michel BasquiatBeat Bop Vinyl Record 1983 HSLimited Edition Print: Lithograph in Vinyl Record Jacket, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 50012x12 in | 31x31 cm |
🔥1983 Limited Edition Hand Signed Lithograph in Vinyl Record Jacket - Inquire Huge Price Drop - Very Desired
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Jean Michel BasquiatWelcoming Jeers 1997Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Arches Paper, Estate Signed, Not Numbered Edition27x21x0 in | 68x54x0 cm |
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Jean Michel BasquiatBoxer Rebellion 2018 - HugeLimited Edition Print: Screenprint, Estate Signed, From the Edition of 6029x33 in | 74x83 cm |
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Huge Framed Limited Edition Screenprint - Blue Chip STEAL - Inquire Motivated Seller
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Jean Michel BasquiatAffiche Lithographique 1997Limited Edition Print: Lithograph Poster, Estate Signed, Not Numbered Edition30x22 in | 76x56 cm |
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Jean Michel BasquiatBig Pagoda 1997Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Arches Paper, Estate Signed, Not Numbered Edition30x22 in | 76x56 cm |
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Jean Michel BasquiatBasquiat at Robert Miller Gallery (Vintage Basquiat Drawings Announcement) 1996Limited Edition Print: Offset Lithograph on Card Stock, Not Signed, From the Edition of 500, Edition is Not Numbered7x4 in | 17x10 cm |
🔥1996 Framed Limited Edition Offset Announcement Lithograph - Inquire $2,000
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Jean Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat Works and Portraits Poster 1997Limited Edition Print: Lithograph Poster, Not Signed, Edition is Not Numbered12x9 in | 29x22 cm |
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Jean Michel BasquiatOdours of Punt PP 2024 42x84 - Huge Mural SizeLimited Edition Print: Silkscreen, Estate Signed, From the PP Edition42x84 in | 107x213 cm |
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Huge Mural Sized Limited Edition Printers Proof Silkscreen - Inquire NEW RELEASE - MOTIVATED
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