JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT MIXED MEDIA /PAPER V$53,000
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MEASUREMENTS:30"WX40"H FRAMED, NO GLASS IN FRAMED, GOOD CONDITION/"in the style of"Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.n November 1982, Basquiat's solo exhibition opened at the Fun Gallery in the East Village. Among the works exhibited were A Panel of Experts (1982) and Equals Pi (1982).In December 1982, Basquiat began working at the studio space art dealer Larry Gagosian had built below his Venice, California home.There, he commenced a series of paintings for a March 1983 show, his second at the Gagosian Gallery in West Hollywood. He was accompanied by his girlfriend, then-unknown singer Madonna. Gagosian recalled: "Everything was going along fine. Jean-Michel was making paintings, I was selling them, and we were having a lot of fun. But then one day Jean-Michel said, 'My girlfriend is coming to stay with me.' ... So I said, 'Well, what's she like?' And he said, 'Her name is Madonna and she's going to be huge.' I'll never forget that he said that."/Private collection, no documentation.
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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT MIXED MEDIA /PAPER V$53,000
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