JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT - Hardcover 1st edition 1992 Book WHITNEY Retrospective
BASQUIAT WHITNEY RETROSPECTIVE -
Rare Hardcover Book --- first edition 1992
ISBN:0-8109-6806-1.
PRINTED IN 1992 IN HONG KONG BY HARRY ABRAMS
This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition
"Jean-Michel Basquiat" at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The exhibition started in New York and traveled to Houston,Iowa & Alabama.
THIS VERY RARE OUT OF PRINT 1ST EDITION COLLECTOR'S ART BOOK MEASURES 9 3/4" W X 12 1/4" H X 1" D, WITH 271 PAGES. THE HARDCOVER BOOK WITH YELLOW LINEN COVERED BOARDS, GOLD LEAF TONE EMBOSSED COVER AND SPINE TITLES, AND DUST JACKET FEATURES 273 ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING 160 PLATES IN FULL COLOR, WITH COMPELLING ACCOMPANIED TEXT BY AUTHOR RICHARD MARSHALL.
This is a clean hardcover (one owner) book purchased NEW by the seller at the 1992 Houston retrospective exhibition.
Comes protected in a clear archival sleeve.
Packaged & Shipped with care.
THIS JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT VERY RARE HARDCOVER ICONIC FIRST EDITION VINTAGE 1992 WHITNEY MUSUEM OF AMERICAN ART RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION COLLECTOR'S ART BOOK IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY COLLECTION.
THE LANDMARK VOLUME IS PRINTED IN 1992 IN HONG KONG BY HARRY ABRAMS, NEW YORK AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART TO ACCOMPANY THE ICONIC RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM, JUST AFTER THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THE ARTIST IN 1988.
JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT ( 1960 - 1988 ) WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK IN 1960. HIS EARLY CREATIVE CAREER WAS AS THE STREET GRAFFITI ARTIST NICK NAMED " SAMO" IN THE LATE 1970'S ON NEW YORK CITY'S LOWER EAST SIDE. BY THE EARLY 1980'S WITH THE HELP OF HIS FRIEND ANDY WARHOL, BASQUIAT BEGAN TO MAKE HIS EMOTIONALLY CHARGED AESTHETICALLY ARRESTING NEO EXPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS. IN 1992 THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART HELD A MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF THE LIFE WORKS OF THIS GREAT AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST AND MASTER OF SOCIAL COMMENTARY.
HIS WORK FOCUSED ON SUGGESTIVE DICHOTOMIES SUCH AS WEALTH VS POVERTY, INTEGRATION VS SEGREGATION, AND INNER VS OUTER EXPERIENCE OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. HE APPROPRIATED POETRY, DRAWING, PAINTING, AND MARRIED TEXT AND IMAGE WITH ABSTRACTION AND FIGURATION. BASQUIAT'S WORKS HAD STRONG SOCIAL COMMENTARY AND DEEPER TRUTHS ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE POWER STRUCTURES OF RACISM, AND CRITICISM OF COLONIALISM AND SUPPORT FOR CLASS STRUGGLES.
IT IS IN EXCELLENT " LIKE NEW " VERY CLEAN CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE. IT IS NOW BEING OFFERED HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE.