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Materials:

acrylic, oilstick and graphite on canvas

Size Notes:

86 x 68 in. (219 x 173 cm.)

Description:

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Exhibited:

New York, Mary Boone-Michael Werner Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat, March 1985, n.p. (illustrated). Lausanne, FAE Musée d'Art Contemporain, Jean-Michel Basquiat, July-November 1993, p. 73 (illustrated). Santander, Fundación Marcelino Botín; Rome, Fondazione Memmo, Palazzo Ruspoli, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ahuyentando fantasmas/Fantasmi da scacciare, July 2008-February 2009, p. 117 (Santander, illustrated); pp. 102-103, no. 32 (Rome, illustrated). Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, The Power of Painting, November 2014-January 2015.

Literature:

J. Tully, "Barefoot Basquiat," ART/WORLD, March 1985. E. Navarra et al., Jean-Michel Basquiat, Vol. II, Paris, 1996, pp. 232-233 (illustrated). E. Navarra et al., Jean-Michel Basquiat, Vol. II, Paris, 2000, pp. 224-225, no. 6 (illustrated); appendix, p. 36. J. M. Saggese, The Jean-Michel Basquiat Reader. Writings, Interviews, and Critical Responses, Oakland, 2021, p. 136.

Provenance:

Mary Boone Gallery, New York Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich Acquired from the above by the present owner