Attr. Jean Michel Basquiat Mixed Media Portrait
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Mixed media on paper; featuring porrait; signed and attr. Jean Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988); 13 x 9.5 inch (33.02 x 24.13 cm). A poet, musician, and graffiti prodigy in late-1970s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat had honed his signature painting style of obsessive scribbling, elusive symbols and diagrams, and mask-and-skull imagery by the time he was 20. “I don’t think about art while I work,†he once said. “I think about life.†Basquiat drew his subjects from his own Caribbean heritage—his father was Haitian and his mother of Puerto Rican descent—and a convergence of African-American, African, and Aztec cultural histories with Classical themes and contemporary heroes like athletes and musicians. Often associated with Neo-expressionism, Basquiat received massive acclaim in only a few short years, showing alongside artists like Julian Schnabel, David Salle, and Francesco Clemente. In 1983, he met Andy Warhol, who would come to be a mentor and idol. The two collaborated on a series of paintings before Warhol’s death in 1987, followed by Basquiat’s own untimely passing a year later. PROVENANCE: Upper New York Estate
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Attr. Jean Michel Basquiat Mixed Media Portrait
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