Jm basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat, a Brooklyn born native, was a self- taught contemporary artist who miraculously reached stardom and even collaborated with some of art’s greatest such as Andy Warhol. He…

The painting has been held in private collection since 1990, when it was acquired from Stéphane Janssen, the son of a wealthy Belgian industrialist and a tireless advocate for the CoBrA movement, who bought it from Larry Gagosian while visiting Basquiat’s studio the year it was created.

Jean-Michel in the studio with his longtime gallerist Annina Nosei.

JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT

After years of rising prices and intensifying demand, the market for Basquiat, the beloved Brooklyn artist, is now at a fever pitch.

(images from basquiat.com and bakedinny.com) (Note: I want to preface this post by saying that my references are a bit uneven – sometimes I include links, sometimes footnotes. This is due to the enormous amount of information on the artist. My inability to include everything on him and highlight only the sources I was able […]

Jean-Michel Basquiat's productive career spanned just one short decade, yet he is considered one of the best-known artists of his generation and one of only a small number of Hispanic-African-American artists to have achieved international recognition.

View WIRE (1983) By Basquiat Jean-Michel; oilstick on paper; 76 by 56 cm. 29 7/8 by 22 in; Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT. CLOWN FACE, SIGNED IN GOLD PAINT ON BACK