Jean Michel BasquiatPainting on Canvas (After Artist)- Approx Painting Size: 23 x 23 Inches: Good condition. see photos. Jean-Michel Basquiat (Amer, 1960-1988) attributed: Head,acrylic on canvas, dated 1981 bottom right,framed. Basquiat‚ 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. Basquiat is considered a contributor to the neo-expressionist movement, a late-modernist style of art characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials.. NOTE: If documentation is not listed, the lot is sold in the style of without documents.After definition: For paintings/unique works: The word “after” is used for a work by an unknown creator who has created a copy of a known work of the named artist. (Source: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus)