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List Of Paintings By Jean-Michel Basquiat
The following is a list of significant artworks by the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), who played a historic role in the rise of street art and neo-expressionism. During his short yet productive career, Basquiat created more than 600 paintings and 1,500 drawings. He started creating sculptures and mixed media works in 1979. In 1980, he abandoned his graffiti tag SAMO and focused on his career as a painter. The first painting he sold, ''Cadillac Moon'' (1981), was purchased by singer Debbie Harry for $200 in 1981. The top three Basquiat paintings at auction all date to 1982, which is considered his most valuable year. At a Sotheby's auction in 2017, ''Untitled'' (1982), sold for $110.5 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever purchased and setting a new record high for an American artist at auction. From 1984 to 1985, Basquiat and American pop artist Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat (; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside Al Diaz, writing enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of Manhattan's Lower East Side during the late 1970s, where rap, punk, and street art coalesced into early hip-hop music culture. By the early 1980s, his paintings were being exhibited in galleries and museums internationally. At 21, Basquiat became the youngest artist to ever take part in '' documenta'' in Kassel. At 22, he was one of the youngest to exhibit at the Whitney Biennial in New York. The Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective of his artwork in 1992. Basquiat's art focused on dichotomies such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. He appropriated poetry, drawing, and painting, and married text and image ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Untitled (fishing)
''Untitled'' is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1981. The artwork, which depicts a fisherman displaying his catch hanging at the end of a line, sold for $26.4 million at Christie's in November 2012. History Jean-Michel Basquiat painted ''Untitled'' in 1981, a pivotal year when he transitioned from street artist into the adulation of the New York art scene. He worked in the basement of Annina Nosei's gallery in SoHo where ''Untitled'' was executed. The artwork depicts a fisherman wearing a crown of thorns and a halo of the same nature. He is standing at the center of the canvas proudly displays his catch, a large fish hanging at the end of a fishing rod. His black body reveals a white skeletal figure. The painting had previously been auctioned in 1988, a few months after Basquiat's death, and sold for $110,000. Sold by fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier in 2012, it was anticipated to break records before its auction in 2012. Loic Gouzer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guilt Of Gold Teeth
''The Guilt of Gold Teeth'' is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. The painting, which depicts Baron Samedi, sold for $40 million at Christie's in November 2021. History ''The Guilt of Gold Teeth'' was created Jean-Michel Basquiat during his second stay in Modena, Italy, as his star was rapidly ascending. Basquiat had a planned show at Emilio Mazzoli's gallery in Modena in March 1982. Feeling exploited, the show was cancelled because Basquiat was pressured to churn out eight canvases in one week. He severed ties with Mazzoli and his New York dealer Annina Nosei shortly thereafter. The painting—which measures almost 14 feet across—features Baron Samedi, chief of the Gede family of lwa in Haitian Vodou, responsible for accepting individuals into death and resurrection. The keeper of death's iconography includes a black top hat and long black coat, and his face painted like a skull. Basquiat, whose father was from Haiti, also portrayed Baron S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Da Vinci's Greatest Hits
''Leonardo da Vinci's Greatest Hits'' is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. Analysis Jean-Michel Basquiat primarily used texts as reference sources for his artwork. He drew inspiration from the medical book ''Gray's Anatomy'', which had been given to him by his mother as a child while he recovered from a car accident in the hospital. ''Leonardo da Vinci's Greatest Hits'' references Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings of body parts and graphic notations. Basquiat brought symbolism into this work with a depiction of African American folk hero John Henry on the lower left. Among the scattering of words written across a white collage, Basquiat's signature three crown motif appears three times. This painting "is almost a summary or encyclopedia of his work," said curator Kelly Baum. Exhibitions ''Leonardo da Vinci's Greatest Hits'' was exhibited at the Fun Gallery in the East Village of Manhattan in 1982. The painting is owned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles The First (1982 Painting)
Charles the First is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. The artwork is a tribute to jazz musician Charlie Parker, and it was the basis for rapper Jay-Z's 2010 song "Most Kingz." Analysis ''Charles the First'' was executed in 1982, a breakout year in Basquiat's meteoric career. The painting pays homage to jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, whose nickname was "Bird," a leading figure in the development of bebop. In 1985, Basquiat told ''The New York Times Magazine'': "Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix… I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous." Similarly, Basquiat struggled with heroin addiction like Parker and died at the age of 27 like Hendrix. Basquiat's love of bebop fueled his art, said Eleanor Nairne, co-curator of ''Basquiat: Boom for Real'' at the Barbican Center in London. Basquiat referenced jazz musicians and recordings in over thirty of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany & Co
Tiffany & Co. (colloquially known as Tiffany's) is a high-end luxury jewelry and specialty retailer, headquartered on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. It sells jewelry, sterling silver, porcelain, crystal, stationery, fragrances, water bottles, watches, personal accessories, and leather goods. Tiffany is known for its luxury goods, particularly its diamond and sterling silver jewelry. These goods are sold at Tiffany stores, online, and corporate merchandising. Its name and branding are licensed to Coty for fragrances and to Luxottica for eyewear. Tiffany & Co. was founded in 1837 by the jeweler Charles Lewis Tiffany and became famous in the early 20th century under the artistic direction of his son Louis Comfort Tiffany. In 2018 net sales totaled US$4.44 billion. In 2019 Tiffany operated 326 stores globally in countries such as the United States, Japan, and Canada, as well as Europe, the Latin America and Pacific Asia regions. On January 7, 2021, French multinational LVMH Moà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equals Pi
''Equals Pi'' is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. The painting was published in '' GQ'' magazine in 1983 and '' W'' magazine in 2018. History ''Equals Pi'' was executed by Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982, which is considered his most coveted year. The robin egg blue painting contains Basquiat's signature crown motif and a head alongside his characteristic scrawled text with phrases such as "AMORITE," "TEN YEN" and "DUNCE." The title refers to the mathematical equations incorporated on the right side of the work. The cone refers to the pointed dunce caps depicted in the work. The painting was acquired in 1982 by Anne Dayton, who was the advertising manager of ''Artforum'' magazine. She purchase it for $7,000 from Basquiat's exhibition at the Fun Gallery in the East Village. At the time the painting was called ''Still Pi'', however, when the work appeared in the March 1983 issue of '' GQ'' magazine, it was titled ''Knowledge of the Cone'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown Hotel (Mona Lisa Black Background)
''Crown Hotel (Mona Lisa Black Background)'' is a 1982 painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. The artwork cites Leonardo da Vinci's ''Mona Lisa'' and Édouard Manet's ''Olympia'', two canonical works of western art. In June 2013, it sold for $7.4 million at Sotheby’s. History The artwork was painted in 1982, which is considered Jean-Michel Basquiat's most valuable year. It was first shown by his art dealer Bruno Bischofberger, the Zurich gallery-owner. It was later shown at the Mary Boone Gallery in New York in 1999, and then it was acquired by Comtesse Viviane de Witt. Comtesse Viviane de Witt is married to Jerome de Witt—a descendant of Napoleon's brother Jerome, King of Westphalia. She became one of France's first female auctioneers in 1978. In 2013, ''Crown Hotel (Mona Lisa Black Background)'' sold for $7.4 million at Sotheby’s sale of Contemporary Art in Paris and set a record price in France for a Basquiat artwork. Sotheby's said: "It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brant Foundation
The ''Brant Foundation Art Study Center'' is a private art collection and gallery with exhibition spaces in New York City and nearby Greenwich, Connecticut. The collections, focused on modern and contemporary art, are privately owned by Peter Brant and open to the public; reservations must be booked in advance. East Village gallery The Foundation's East Village, Manhattan museum opened in 2019 at 421 East 6th Street, a yellow-brick former Consolidated Edison substation. The renovation of the space is by was done with what art critic Deborah Solomon described as "austere perfection" by Richard Gluckman of Gluckman Tang Architects. After ceasing to be a ConEd substation, the building was purchased by the artist Walter De Maria, serving as his studio; Brant bought it for $27 million after the artist died in 2013. Greenwich On May 9, 2009, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center opened in Greenwich, CT. On the site of a converted 110-year-old stone barn, architect Richard Gluck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrior (1982 Painting)
''Warrior'' is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. It is interpreted as "a semi-autobiographical work championing his creative vision as a black artist." In March 2021, the painting sold for $41.8 million at Christie's in Hong Kong, becoming the most expensive Western artwork sold at auction in Asia. History Jean-Michel Basquiat painted ''Warrior'' in 1982, a milestone year in his career. He had his first individual American exhibition at the Annina Nosei Gallery in New York, and he became the youngest artist ever to take part in ''documenta'' in Kassel. Basquiat later recalled that he "made the best paintings ever" in 1982, which is considered his most valuable year. Basquiat painted ''Warrior'' on a wooden panel in his studio in the basement of the Annina Nosei Gallery. The painting depicts a commanding gladiator brandishing a sword, representing the eponymous warrior, on a backdrop of yellow and blue patches. It is reminiscent of Renaissance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is a planned art museum, to be located in Saadiyat Island cultural district in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Upon completion, it is planned to be the largest of the Guggenheim museums. Architect Frank Gehry designed the building. After announcing the museum project in 2006, work on the site began in 2011 but was soon suspended. A series of construction delays followed; the museum is expected to be completed in 2025. The museum is part of a larger complex of arts and cultural institutions on Saadiyat Island intended to appeal to international tourists. The museum's collection is expected to focus on modern and contemporary art from West Asia, North Africa and South Asia. Early history On July 8, 2006, the city of Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, announced it had signed an agreement with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York City to build a Guggenheim Museum on Saadiyat Island. The Guggenheim stated in 2008 that "Abu Dhabi' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bird On Money
''Bird on Money'' is a painting created by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1981. It is a tribute to jazz musician Charlie Parker, who was nicknamed "Bird." The painting was acquired in 1981 and is housed in the Rubell Family Collection. In 2020, New York rock band the Strokes used the artwork as the cover for their studio album ''The New Abnormal''. Analysis ''Bird on Money'' was executed in 1981, the year in which he made the transition from a street artist to an established gallery artist. The painting is a tribute to jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, a leading figure in the development of bebop. In 1985, Basquiat told ''The New York Times Magazine'': "Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix… I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous." Basquiat like Parker struggled with heroin addiction. He also paid homage to Parker in the paintings '' Charles the First'' (1982) and ''CPRKR' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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