This lot consists of a hand-painted mixed media on hard cardboard in the style of the elusive modern street artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).The lot depicts a colorful scene of boxers with an interesting background full of Basquiat Styled phrases, symbols and language. The contrast between the figures and the background is magnificent making the art piece come alive.

Born in Brooklyn to a Haitian father and Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat first achieved notoriety as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the late 1970s where the hip hop, post-punk, and street art movements had coalesced. By the 1980s, he was exhibiting his neo-expressionist paintings in galleries and museums internationally. The Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective of his art in 1990s.

PROVENANCE:
Private Collection.

DIMENSIONS:
approx. 15" x 12"

This item is being sold -as is-. Please use photos as part of the description. The absence of condition report does not guarantee excellent condition. Please note: This work is being sold -In the style of- the named artist. In the style of works are works by an unknown creator whose style is strongly under the influence of the style of the named master artist.

some stains and minor damages around the surface.Lot ships professionally wood framed.