Jeanine Basquiat

Andy Warhol, artist

1928–1987

Jeanine Basquiat, 1985

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: 2008.0142

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Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2018–19 KU Common Book

“The art historian Marc Miller asks the twenty-one-year-old graffiti artist, painter, musician, and one-time film star Jean-Michel Basquiat about his roots.
‘You’re what?’ demands Miller. ‘Haitian–Puerto Rican?’
‘I was born here,’ answers Basquiat, ‘but my mother’s fourth-generation Puerto Rican. My father comes from Haiti.’
‘Do you feel that’s in your art?’ continues Miller.
‘Genetically?’ Basquiat interrupts.
‘Yeah,’ replies Miller. ‘Genetically or culturally?’
‘Culturally?’ Basquiat wonders aloud, almost as if speaking to himself. ‘I guess so…’” (p. 127)

Exhibition Label:
“Big Shots: Andy Warhol, Celebrity Culture and the 1980s,” Aug-2009, Susan Earle
These three Polaroids portray the father, mother, and sister of superstar artist and Warhol friend Jean-Michel Basquiat.