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Jean-Michel Basquiat

American, 1960–1988

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Bio

A poet, musician, and graffiti prodigy in late-1970s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat had honed his signature painting style of obsessive scribbling, elusive symbols and diagrams, and mask-and-skull imagery by the time he was 20. “I don’t think about …
Auction
High auction record
$110.5m, Sotheby's, 2017
Overview
Works for Sale (464)
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Career highlights
User
Solo show at a major institution
Serpentine Galleries, and 6 more
Group
Group show at a major institution
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and 15 more
Institution
Collected by a major institution
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and 2 more
Publication
Reviewed by a major art publication
Artforum, and 3 more
Fair
Included in a major biennial
Whitney Biennial, and 1 more
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Related categories
East Village Art
Neo-Expressionism
Graffiti and Street Art
Related to Music
Personal Writing Systems
Related to Hip-Hop
20th Century Art
New York Artists
Written Word
Large-Scale Painting
Identity Politics
Racial and Ethnic Identity
United States
Cultural Commentary
Painting
Text
Contemporary Art
Popular Culture
Collaborations and Collectives
Political
Individual Portrait
Human Figure

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