Jean-Michel Basquiat, In Italian, 1983/2021
View Similar Items
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat, In Italian, 1983/2021
About the Item
- Creator:Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 32.29 in (82 cm)Width: 29.14 in (74 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Open edition Price: $918
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Framing:Frame IncludedFraming Options Available
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Manchester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2261213479672
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Emerging from the New York City street-art scene, Jean-Michel Basquiat would become one of the most significant artists of the 20th century as he mixed hand-scrawled text, vibrant color, gestural brushwork and themes of social commentary in a prolific output of Neo-Expressionist paintings. Although his pieces always retained the improvisational energy of graffiti, Basquiat used deceptively uncomplicated motifs such as crowns and professional boxers to honor the majesty and power of Black men and place himself in that lineage. Today, Basquiat’s art is among the most expensive in the world, with his paintings regularly fetching tens of millions of dollars at auction.
Born in Brooklyn to a Haitian-American father and Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat’s parents treated him to regular visits to New York City museums and nurtured his early talent for drawing cartoons. When he was hit by a car while playing in the street, Basquiat’s mother gave him a copy of the lushly illustrated medical reference book Gray’s Anatomy. Later, human bones and body parts such as skulls and rib cages would prove potent as subject matter for his provocative and spirited visual explorations of social issues as well as his own vulnerability and the struggles he faced as a Black artist.
As a teenager, Basquiat spray-painted city bridges with friend Al Diaz, and their “SAMO” tag caught the eyes of local artists. He left home before he was 20, selling hand-painted sweatshirts and postcards in Lower Manhattan. Because Basquiat was homeless — sleeping in parks and girlfriends’ apartments — he couldn’t afford proper canvases, and instead transformed found materials, such as old doors and windows, with paint and layered paper. The works vividly juxtaposed a street-art style with forms inspired by Abstract Expressionism.
Basquiat’s first public exhibition was “The Times Square Show” in 1980, a landmark event for artists experimenting with the boundaries between the galleries and the streets, with pieces by Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Kenny Scharf and Kiki Smith. His art soon garnered critical acclaim as well as the attention of collectors. Basquiat’s first solo show was at Soho’s Annina Nosei Gallery, in 1982, with another that year at Larry Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles. His star continued to rise with multiple exhibitions in Europe, a 1983 feature in the Whitney Biennial and inclusion in a 1984 exhibition of painting at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. But he found that racist stereotypes persisted in press coverage of him, even as his profile expanded, and friends contend that he was exploited by collectors and art dealers. He battled a heroin addiction for years, and at the age of 27, Basquiat died from an accidental drug overdose on August 12, 1988.
Although it mainly spanned from 1980 to 1988, Basquiat’s career in visual art involved hundreds of paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints and other works. This included collaborations with Andy Warhol, with whom he created a series of paintings between 1983 and 1985. Basquiat’s art has been exhibited in almost every major art museum in the world, and in 2017 his 1982 Untitled painting was sold for $110.5 million at a Sotheby’s auction.
Find a collection of original Jean-Michel Basquiat art on 1stDibs.
- Bob Dylan, Bell Tower in Stockholm, 2013By Bob DylanLocated in Manchester, GBBob Dylan, Bell Tower in Stockholm, 2013 Giclée print in colours on 350gsm Hahnemühle Museum Etching wove paper Edition of 295 56 x 75 cm (22.04 x 29.52 in) Hand-signed and numbe...Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
MaterialsGiclée, Lithograph
- Keith Haring, Untitled, 1987 (Framed)By Keith HaringLocated in Manchester, GBKeith Haring, Untitled, 1987 (Framed) Matt 250gsm conservation paper. A high quality paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactured on a Four...Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
MaterialsLithograph
- I tried to drown my sorrows but the bastards learned how to swimBy The Connor BrothersLocated in Manchester, GBThe Connor Brothers, I tried to drown my sorrows but the bastards learned how to swim Lithograph in colours on thin paper from the edition of 520 27 3/5 × 19 7/10 in 70.2 × 50 cmCategory
2010s Contemporary More Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Mark Petty, Down the rabbit hole…, 2023By Mark PettyLocated in Manchester, GBMark Petty, Down the rabbit hole…, 2023 A 2 colour hand pulled screen print on glass and another 1 colour hand pulled screen print onto gold mir...Category
20th Century Contemporary More Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Kaws, Small Lie Yorkshire Sculpture Park Exhibition Poster, 2016By KAWSLocated in Manchester, GBExclusive KAWS exhibition poster to accompany his 2016 show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. 200gsm silk finish paper Featuring SMALL LIE (2013). Photo © Jonty Wilde 84.0 x 59.5 cm 33....Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Keith Haring, Dog, 1985 (Framed)By Keith HaringLocated in Manchester, GBKeith Haring, Dog, 1985 (Framed) 48 x 63cm Giclée print on matt 250gsm conservation digital paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. Manufactured on a Fourdrini...Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
MaterialsLithograph
- Bowler - Lithograph by Giuseppe Migneco - Late 20th CenturyLocated in Roma, ITBowler is an original lithography artwork realized by the Italian artist Giuseppe Migneco (Messina, 1903 - Milan, 1997). Hand-signed on the lower rig...Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Modernist British Israeli Lithograph Expressionist FiguresBy Michael DruksLocated in Surfside, FLSigned AP (Artist's Proof) Michael Druks - painter, sculptor, and conceptual, video, performance and installation artist - was born in Jerusalem September 26, 1940. He has lived in L...Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph
- Large Archival Pigment Print Judaica Lithograph Mark Podwal Jewish Hebrew ArtBy Mark PodwalLocated in Surfside, FLMark Podwal (American, New York, born 1945) "All This Has Come Upon Us" Archival pigment print Dimensions: 22 X 30 inches with a Torah pointer, feather quill and spice box crown or...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Archival Pigment
- Large Archival Pigment Print Judaica Lithograph Mark Podwal Jewish Hebrew ArtBy Mark PodwalLocated in Surfside, FLMark Podwal (American, New York, born 1945) "All This Has Come Upon Us" Archival pigment print Dimensions: 22 X 30 inches Hebrew Letter Aleph Alef From a 2014 portfolio of archiva...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Archival Pigment
- Large Archival Pigment Print Judaica Lithograph Mark Podwal Jewish Hebrew ArtBy Mark PodwalLocated in Surfside, FLMark Podwal (American, New York, born 1945) "All This Has Come Upon Us" Archival pigment print Dimensions: 22 X 30 inches Ritual Judaica spice box ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Archival Pigment
- Large Archival Pigment Print Judaica Lithograph Mark Podwal Jewish Hebrew ArtBy Mark PodwalLocated in Surfside, FLMark Podwal (American, New York, born 1945) "All This Has Come Upon Us" Archival pigment print Dimensions: 22 X 30 inches Soldiers carrying temple Menorah From a 2014 portfolio of...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
MaterialsLithograph, Archival Pigment