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Jean-Michel Basquiat The Notebooks 1993

1993

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Jean-Michel Basquiat The Notebooks 1993 (catalogue): A comprehensive pictorial overview of the history of Basquiat's notebooks. The early 1990's first edition featuring an introduction by Henry Geldzahler and essays by Jeffrey Deitch among others. Medium: Softcover book, 167 pages. Very good overall vintage condition. Size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. First edition first printing, 1993. About Basquiat's Notebooks: Jean-Michel Basquiat filled numerous notebooks with poetry fragments, wordplay, sketches, and personal observations ranging from street life and popular culture to themes of race, class, and world history. Basquiat's notebooks were defined by his the artists iconic imagery—tepees, crowns, skeleton-like figures, and grimacing faces—that also appear throughout his large-scale works, as well as an early drawing related to his series of works titled Famous Negro Athletes. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s dramatic life and iconic paintings—which variously feature obsessive scribbling, enigmatic symbols and diagrams, and iconography including skulls, masks, and the artist’s trademark crown—make him one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. The self-taught painter embraced graffiti before committing to a studio practice. He found a mentor and friend in Andy Warhol, who helped the young artist navigate the 1980s New York art world. Across his oeuvre, Basquiat drew on his own Caribbean heritage; a convergence of African American, African, and Aztec cultural histories; classical themes; and pop cultural figures including athletes and musicians. The immediacy and intellectual depth of his paintings won him widespread acclaim both before and after his untimely death at the age of 27. Basquiat’s paintings now belong in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. In 2017, Basquiat’s Untitled (1982) notched $110.5 million at auction and became the most expensive artwork by an American artist to ever be sold.
  • Creation Year:
    1993
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.25 in (31.12 cm)Width: 9.25 in (23.5 cm)
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  • After:
    Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988, American)
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  • Gallery Location:
    NEW YORK, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU35439970802
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