Fascinated by anatomy from a young age (his mother gave him a copy of Gray’s Anatomy when he was 7), heads and skulls became recurring images in Basquiat’s work in the early 1980’s. Recalling the style of his graffiti and his paintings, he renders spontaneous lines, creating a layer of bright colors that really pop against the background.

Known as a political-poetical graffiti artist, Basquiat’s body of work is a Neo-Expressionist and Primitivism aesthetic. Encoding a series of words and symbols, Basquiat represents elements of his cultural heritage as a social commentary on racial segregation and alienation. The loosely defined and abstracted image reflect a fragmented and torn individual.

Signed and dated in pencil by Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Herivaux, the artist's sisters and administrators of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, with the Estate stamp on the reverse; numbered in pencil. Published by Flatiron Editions, New York, US.

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Provenance:
COA from Jean-Michel Basquiat Estate.

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