Basquiat's Defacement: The Untold Story

Book Overview

Police brutality, racism, graffiti and the art world of the early-1980s Lower East Side converge in one painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) on the wall of Keith Haring's studio in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892075481
• ISBN13: 9780892075485
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Guggenheim Museum
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.4"