Jean-Michel Basquiat
”Ascent, Olympic, Leeches, and Liberty”
The complete portfolio comprising 4 screenprints in colours, on Somerset Satin Paper, 2017, signed verso by Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux, Administrators of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Stamps of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Flatiron Editions. Numbered A.P. 20/20. S. 56 x 76.3 cm.
Provenance
Guy Hepner, New York.
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The four motifs in the portfolio comes from the series of 32 works on paper called The Daros Suite, executed in 1982-83.
Artist
Jean-Michel Masquiat was born and lived in New York City in 1960 up until his death in 1988. He worked with graffiti and was a part of neoexpressionismen. His art features multicultural symbols, distorted figures, and biting social commentary. He was one of the first African-American artists that gained international fame and recognition in the art world, consitantly incorporating political dimensions into his art. Basquiat was influenced by everything from comic series, Alfred Hitchcock’s movies to anatomical studies. He quickly left school and became well known through his pseudonym SAMO, “Same Old Shit”. He would write cryptic messages on walls, found objects and commercial items. He created his own iconography, evoking Latin American, antiquated, and Greek imagery.
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