THE FINE ART PRINT WAS PRINTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 2017 WITH THE LICENSED AUTHORIZED RIGHTS OF THE ESTATE OF JEAN MICHEL BASQUAIT. IT IS PRINTED ON HIGH QUALITY PAPER STOCK WITH A SATIN FINISH. IT FEATURES AN ARTWORK IMAGE ORIGINALLY CREATED BY BASQUIAT IN 1983 TITLED " ISHTAR ".
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT ( 1960 - 1988 ) WAS BORN TO 2 HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN BROOKLYN NY IN 1960. HIS EARLY CREATIVE CAREER WAS AS THE STREET GRAFFITI ARTIST NICK NAMED " SAMO" IN THE LATE 1970'S ON NEW YORK CITY'S LOWER EAST SIDE. BY THE EARLY 1980'S WITH THE HELP OF HIS FRIEND ANDY WARHOL BASQUIAT BEGAN TO MAKE HIS EMOTIONALLY CHARGED AESTHETICALLY ARRESTING NEO EXPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS. IN 1992 THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART DID A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF THE LIFE WORKS OF THIS GREAT AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST AND MASTER OF SOCIAL COMMENTARY.
HIS WORK FOCUSED ON SUGGESTIVE DICHOTOMIES SUCH AS WEALTH VS POVERTY, INTEGRATION VS SEGREGATION, AND INNER VS OUTER EXPERIENCE OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. HE APPROPRIATED POETRY, DRAWING, PAINTING, & MARRIED TEXT AND IMAGE WITH ABSTRACTION AND FIGURATION. BASQUIATS WORKS HAD STRONG SOCIAL COMMENTARY AND DEEPER TRUTHS ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE POWER STRUCTURES OF RACISM, AND CRITICISM OF COLONIALISM AND SUPPORT FOR CLASS STRUGGLES.
THE OFFSET LITHOGRAPH POP ART PRINT MEASURES 14" W X 11" H. IT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " CONDITION WITH VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING. IT HAS NEVER BEEN FRAMED. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE. IT IS NOW BEING OFFERED HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE.