JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT - AN ORIGINAL NEO-EXPRESSIONIST PAINTING, NEW YORK, WARHOL

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JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988) AN ORIGINAL PAINTING ON BOARD ( Untitled Grafffiti-Style Writing, Pictures & Symbols) Circa: 1970s-1980s SIGNED ON VERSO: JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT NEW YORK-based 1980s art-star, JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT was bornin Brooklyn , New York , on December 22, 1960. With a Haitian-American father and a Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat's diverse cultural heritage was one of his many sources of inspiration.A self-taught artist, Basquiat began drawing at an early age on sheets of paper his father, an accountant, brought home from the office. As he delved deeper into his creative side, his mother strongly encouraged him to pursue his artistic talents.Basquiat first attracted attention for his graffiti in New York City in the late 1970s, under the name "SAMO." Working with a close friend, he tagged subway trains and Manhattan buildings with cryptic aphorisms .In 1977, Basquiat quit high school a year before he was slated to graduate. To make ends meet, he sold sweatshirts and postcards featuring his artwork on the streets of his native New York. Three years of struggle gave way to fame in 1980 , when his work was featured in a group show . His work and style received critical acclaim for the fusion of words, symbols, stick figures, and animals. Soon, his paintings came to be adored by an art-loving public that had no problem paying as much as $50,000 to $100,000 or more for a Basquiat original.His rise coincided with the emergence of a new art movement, Neo-Expressionism , ushering in a wave of new, young and experimental artists that included Julian Schnabel and Susan Rothenberg .In the mid 1980s, Basquiat collaborated with famed pop artist Andy Warhol , which resulted in a show of their work that featured a series of corporate logos and cartoon characters . A heroin-addict , Basquiat died of a drug overdose on August 12, 1988, in New York City . He was 27 years old. Although his art career was brief, Jean-Michel Basquiat has been credited with bringing the African-American and Latino experience to the elite international art-world. His large-scale acrylic paintings on canvas now often command prices in excess of one million dollars. THE PAINTING This UNIQUE ORIGINAL work on board is a superb ORIGINAL PAINTING in black and white GOUACHE PAINT (with some BLACK CRAYON on the verso). The board is painted black; everything else is painted on top of that in white.It is a terrific and striking hand-made, smaller-format original work : A GRAFFITI-style PAINTING with WRITING, PICTURES and SYMBOLS.The actual board size of this ORIGINAL unframed PIECE is 7 5/8" x 5 7/8" (19 1/2 cm x 15 cm). So, not large but highly impactful and terrific! It is SIGNED, on the verso , in black crayon: JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT , along with the artist's favorite crown motif . Not dated but made circa late 1970s to mid-1980s.This work is an ORIGINAL PAINTING, not a print, litho or other reproduction of any kind. We can absolutely assure you of this. PLEASE NOTE : Under eBay's rules and regulations, as this is an original painting by a major artist, we are required to offer it for sale on eBay as in the manner or in the style of Jean-Michel Basquiat. (We are obligated to state this by eBay's operating protocols.) Hence, it is being sold on those terms. Otherwise, style, subject and signature all appear correct. The CONDITION is EXCELLENT.This is a superb, s igned , smaller-format ORIGINAL work, offered as a BUY-IT-NOW sale...but also with the option of making a BEST OFFER as well.Offered on eBay for a limited time with a VERY LOW BUY-IT-NOW price at a HIGHLY, HIGHLY DISCOUNTED RATE for a work of this caliber by this important an artist. This original painted work is worth much, much more than our special eBay ONE-WEEK ONLY CLEARANCE SALE with a SUPER-LOW BUY-IT-NOW price !!! Also, with the option to make a "BEST OFFER" if you prefer.Our SUPER-DISCOUNT PRICE is now MASSIVELY REDUCED from wh... read more

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