Jawbone of an Ass
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Jean-Michel Basquiat – Jawbone of an Ass
- 1982/2005
- Screen print on paper
- Signed, dated and stamped by the Estate
- 108 x 152 cm (paper size)
- Edition of 85
- Sold framed
- Bears the signature of Lisane Basquiat, Administrator of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat as well as the stamp of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat on verso.
Drawing from such disparate sources as history, religion, literature, as well as street and popular culture, Basquiat was able to create deeply personal and layered images. In his 1982 painting, Jawbone of an Ass, he lists several historical figures including Hamilcar, Scipio, Hannibal and Cleopatra, in a collision of words and symbols that proves his encyclopedic and cross-cultural interests.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat – Jawbone of an Ass
The most notorious artist of the 1980s New York gallery scene, Basquiat hung out with Warhol, appeared in a Blondie video, and died of an accidental overdose at just 27 years old. Starting his career with witty street scrawlings under the tag SAMO, he went on to achieve superstar status through topical pieces with wide-ranging reference points – from his Puerto Rican heritage to the medical textbook, Gray’s Anatomy. Basquiat...
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