Original US vintage SAMO Basquiat NYC 4x6 Street Art Graffiti crown postcard
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Original US vintage SAMO Basquiat NYC 4x6 Street Art Graffiti crown postcard:
$202.07
Born in Brooklyn to Haitian and Puerto Rican parents,
Basquiat grew up on the hardscrabble streets of New
York City where he confronted racism and learned
firsthand the realities of the socio-economic struggle
of the working class. Super-low starting price to attract buyers!
Jean-Michel Basquiat on reverse
- Low starting offer (with )
PROVENANCE:
The artist
Private collection 1980
Private collection 2016
Jean-Michel Basquiat produced postcards annotated SAMO at an early stage in his career, selling them on the streetsof lower Manhattan.
The artist\'s NYC souvenir artwork attests to his perspective on African-American culture, pop culture and fineart. Described by critic John Russell as proceeding \"by disjunction - thatis, by making marks that seem quite unrelated but turn out to get on very welltogether\".Basquiat\'s work is described as Primitive. The cardsdemonstrate expressions and allusions combinedplayfully, suggesting thefleetingness of it all.
- Fixative-free, per archival
Original US vintage SAMO Basquiat NYC 4x6 Street Art Graffiti crown postcard:
$202.07