This original lithograph print poster commemorates an exhibition by The Foundation Beyeler of the paintings of the world famous American artist Jean Michel Basquiat ( 1960 - 1988 ). This lithograph poster was printed in 2010 to accompany the exhibit and it is printed on high quality archival semi gloss satin paper stock. The original artwork that is featured in this lithograph poster is titled " Molasses " from the year 1983. Jean Michel Basquiat was born to 2 Haitian immigrants in Brooklyn New York in 1960. His early creative career was as the street artist nicknamed " Samo " in the late 1970's on New York City's Lower East Side. By the early 1980's with the help of his friend Andy Warhol, Basquiat began to make his emotionally charged aesthetically arresting Neo Expressionist paintings. In 1992 The Whitney Museum of American Art did a retrospective exhibition of the life works of this great American Contemporary artist and master of social commentary. His work focused on suggestive dichotomies such as wealth vs. poverty, integration vs. segregation, and inner vs. outer experience of the human condition. He appropriated poetry, drawing, painting & married text and image with abstraction and figuration. Basquiat's works has strong social commentary and deeper truths about the individual and the power structures of racism, and criticism of Colonialism and support for class struggles. This original lithograph print poster features a original painting by Basquiat in a beautiful palette of pink, black, white, yellow, brown, & blue done in acrylic, oil, & encaustic. The poster measures 39 1/2" W X 27 1/2" H. It is in perfect new condition it has never been framed, and is now being offered here for an excellent price. less

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