Jean Michel Basquiat Estate Framed Fine Art Lithograph Print " Museum Security ( Broadway Meltdown ) " 1983

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This Jean Michel Basquiat Estate custom framed fine art lithograph print " Museum Security ( Broadway Meltdown ) " 1983, … Read more This Jean Michel Basquiat Estate custom framed fine art lithograph print " Museum Security ( Broadway Meltdown ) " 1983, is a very special and unique piece to add to your collection.

The lithograph print is printed in The United Kingdom in 2016 with the licensed authorized rights of The Estate of Jean Michel Basquiat. It features an artwork image originally created by Basquiat in 1983 titled " Museum Security ( Broadway Meltdown ) ".

Jean Michel Basquiat ( 1960 - 1988 ) was born to two Haitian immigrants in Brooklyn New York in 1960. His early creative career was as the Street artist nick named " Samo " on New York City's Lower East Side in the late 1970's. 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 held a major retrospective exhibition of the life works of this great American Contemporary artist and master fo 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.

The framed fine art print measures 20" w X 20" H X 1 3/8" D. It is framed with UV protective plexiglass in a Contemporary Modern brushed brass matte finish metal frame molding, with an attached hanging wire on the reverse back side for easy wall installation.

It is in excellent " like new " condition. The print is in excellent " like new " very clean condition with very light signs of handling. It is brand newly custom framed and has never been displayed. Please see photos for condition reference. It is now being offered here for an excellent price. See less