Description: THIS JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT VERY RARE VINTAGE 2001 COLLECTOR'S ICONIC LITHOGRAPH PRINT CUSTOM FRAMED POP ART MUSEUM EXHIBITION POSTER " MAOOD " 1985, IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE PIECE TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION. PUBLISHED BY THE MUSEUM WURTH KUNZELSAU IN GERMANY, PRINTED IN 2001 IN AN UNNUMBERED LIMITED EDITION ON THE OCCASION OF THE MUGRABI COLLECTION EXHIBITION. IT FEATURES AN ARTWORK IMAGE ORIGINALLY CREATED BY BASQUIAT IN 1985 TITLED " MAOOD ". COPYRIGHT VG BILD - KUNST BONN 2001. THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUE BASQUIAT FANS AND COLLECTORS, AS THIS COVETED LITHOGRAPH PRINT POSTER IS LONG OUT OF PRINT AND A VERY SCARCE TO FIND. 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 IS EMOTIONALLY CHARGED AESTHETICALLY ARRESTING NEO EXPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS. IN 1992 THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN 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. THE RARE OUT OF PRINT COLLECTOR'S LITHOGRAPH PRINT FRAMED MUSEUM EXHIBITION POSTER MEASURES 23 3/4" W X 32 1/2" H X 1 3/8" D. IT IS CUSTOM FRAMED WITH UV PROTECTIVE PLEXIGLASS IN A CONTEMPORARY MODERN BRUSHED MATTE FINISH BLACK METAL FRAME MOLDING, WITH AN ATTACHED HANGING WIRE ON THE REVERSE BACK SIDE FOR EASY WALL INSTALLATION. IT IS IN EXCELLENT NEW CONDITION. THE POSTER 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.
Price: 5800 USD
Location: Leawood, Kansas
End Time: 2023-11-13T01:28:08.000Z
Shipping Cost: 390 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Framing: Framed
Style: Pop Art
Type: Poster
Features: RARE OUT OF PRINT, NEWLY CUSTOM FRAMED, Framed
Subject: Famous Paintings/Painters
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Original/Licensed Reprint: Limited Edition Print
Year of Production: 2001
Date of Creation: 2000-Now
Original/Reproduction: Original
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Signed?: Unsigned
Main Color: BLACK
Width (Inches): 23 3/4"
Color: Multi-Color
Height (Inches): 33 1/2
