The Notebooks

by Jean-Michel Basquiat

Book Overview

A facsimile edition of the artist's fascinating working notebooks

Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) was one of the most important artists of the 1980s. A key figure in the New York art scene, he inventively explored the interplay between words and images throughout his career, first as a member of SAMO, a graffiti group active on the Lower East Side in the late 1970s, and then as a painter acclaimed for his unmistakable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691167893
• ISBN13: 9780691167893
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 9.7"