Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960 - 1988) Manner of: SAMO with Crowned Figure Postcard. Oil stick and pencil on found card board. Initialed verso with signature crown, undated and unframed.

Prior to achieving fame as an artist, Basquiat made postcards and sold them on the streets of Manhattan. This postcard comes from a collection which achieved notoriety as the original Kevin Doyle Subway Portfolio. The former owner, Kevin Doyle, reported that Basquiat left a portfolio of postcard drawings behind on a subway ride. This lot is accompanied by a notarized document from Mr. Doyle.

Jean-Michel Basquiat was active/lived in New York. He is known for street-graffiti, naive figure painting, drawing. He first achieved fame as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the late 1970s where the hip hop, punk, and street art movements had coalesced. He is considered a major contributor to the neo-expressionist movement, a late-modernist style of art characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials. Basquiat used his paintings as a means of social commentary/criticism, often making attacks on power structures and systems of racism and focusing on dichotomies like wealth vs. poverty, integration vs. segregation and inner vs. outer experience.

6.5 x 4.25 inches.

Reported to have been gifted from the artist to Kevin Doyle, 1981. Private Collection New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner, a California Gentleman .

Good condition with minor flaws common in objects made from found material.

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Good condition with minor flaws common in objects made from found material.

NOTE: If documentation is not listed, the lot is sold without documents.

Please refer to our Terms and Conditions prior to bidding. Color fidelity of photos presented is not guaranteed. Lack of a condition statement does not imply that a lot is perfect. Please examine photos, read descriptions, and contact the Gallery with any questions prior to bidding. All sales are final.