Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol

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Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat
Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat
Andy Warhol
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1983
Andy Warhol, artist
1928–1987
Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1983
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: Polaroid™ print (Polacolor ER)
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9.5 x 7.3 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 3 3/4 x 2 7/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 10.8 x 8.6 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in
Credit line: Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Accession number: 2008.0104
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Exhibition Label: “Big Shots: Andy Warhol, Celebrity Culture and the 1980s,” Aug-2009, Susan Earle In a meteoric rise orchestrated by art dealers, Jean-Michel Basquiat became a big-shot artist at the apex of artists becoming celebrities in the celebrity-obsessed 1980s. His infamy as a celebrity may have exceeded his reputation as an artist. Known for a graffiti style of painting, Basquiat was a key figure in the art world, and in Warhol’s re-emergent success, in the 1980s. The two artists collaborated on 50+ works before Basquiat’s early death at age 27 from a drug overdose. The iconic, bare-shouldered portrait seen here was one of the Polaroids that was later pieced together to create a full-length painting of Basquiat. On a separate occasion, Warhol also shot Polaroid portraits of Basquiat’s father, mother, and sister, seen elsewhere on this wall.