Jean Michel Basquiat Vintage 1996 Whitney Museum Retrospective Exhibition Landmark Volume Pop Art Book

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This Jean Michel Basquiat rare vintage 1996 Whitney Museum of American Art retrospective exhibition collector's landmark volume Pop Art book … more This Jean Michel Basquiat rare vintage 1996 Whitney Museum of American Art retrospective exhibition collector's landmark volume Pop Art book is an incredibly special and unique book to add to your library collection.

The softcover Pop Art book was printed in 1996 in The United States by Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers New York and The Whitney Museum of American Art to accompany the 1992 retrospective exhibition at the museum, several years after the untimely death of the artist in 1988.

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 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 held a major retrospective exhibition of the life works of this great American 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.

The rare out of print collector's exhibition art book measures 9 1/2" W X 12" H X 1" D, with 271 pages. This landmark volume features 272 illustrations, including 160 plates in full color, with accompanied compelling text authored by Richard Marshall.

It is in excellent " like new " very clean condition. The covers of the book have never been opened, the book has never been read. The photos for the exteriors of the book in the listing are of the actual book for sale. The photos of the interior pages of the book are from another copy of the same book from our library. Please see photos for condition reference. It is now being offered here for an excellent price. less