JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
Self Portrait, 1984
Acrylic and oilstick on paper mounted on canvas
38 7/8 x 28 inches (98.7 x 71.1 cm)
© The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris, ARS, New York 2013
Self Portrait, 1984
Acrylic and oilstick on paper mounted on canvas
38 7/8 x 28 inches (98.7 x 71.1 cm)
© The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris, ARS, New York 2013
Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in New York City in 1960, where he died in 1988. Major exhibitions include “Jean-Michel Basquiat: Paintings 1981–1984,” Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (1984; traveled to Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, through 1985); Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover (1987, 1989); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1993; traveled to Menil Collection, Houston; Des Moines Art Center, Iowa; and Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Alabama, through 1994); “Basquiat,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York (2005; traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, through 2006); and Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland (2010; traveled to Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris). Basquiat starred in “Downtown 81,” a verité movie that was written by Glenn O’Brien, shot by Edo Bertoglio, and produced by Maripol in 1981, but not released until 2000.
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