Basquiat: By Himself

By: Dieter Buchhart

An American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) first made a name for himself as part of a graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams on the Manhattan's Lower East Side during the 1970s, a place and time that saw the coalescence of hip hop, punk, and street art cultures. By the 1980s, his neo-expressionist paintings were being exhibited in galleries and museums across the globe.

Encompassing Basquiat's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3777432997
• ISBN13: 9783777432991
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.1" x 12.3"