Description

Author/Contributor(s):	Basquiat, Lisane; Herveaux, Jeanine; Fitzpatrick, Nora; Gallagher, Ileen
Publisher:	Rizzoli Electa
Date:	4/12/2022
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

This landmark volume tells the story of Jean-Michel Basquiat from the intimate perspective of his family, intertwining his artistic endeavors with his personal life, influences, and the times in which he lived, and features for the first time work from the Estate’s largely unseen and significant collection of paintings, drawings, sketches, and ephemera.

OrganizedbythefamilyofBasquiat,theexhibitionandaccompanyingcataloguefeatureover200 neverbeforeandrarelyseenpaintings,drawings, ephemera,’scontributionsto thehistoryofartandhisexplorationintoourmulti-faceted culture—incorporating music, the Black experience,popculture,AfricanAmericansportsfigures, literature,andothersources—areshowcasedalongsidepersonalreminiscencesandfirsthandaccounts providinguniqueinsightintoBasquiat’screativelife andhissingularvoicethatpropelledthesocialand cultural narrative that continues to this day.

Structuredaroundkeyperiodsinhislife,fromhis childhoodandformativeyears,hismeteoricrisein theartworldandbeyond,tohisuntimelydeath,the bookfeaturesin-depthinterviewswithhissurviving family members.