Year of the Boar, 1983
Triptych: acrylic on canvas mounted on wood supports. Overall: 244 x 190 cm. (96 x 74 3/4 in).
Signed and titled 'YEAR OF THE BOAR' Jean-Michel B' on the reverse of the central panel.
PROVENANCE Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles; The Stephane Janssen Collection, Belgium; Private collection, New York
EXHIBITED Los Angeles, Larry Gagosian Gallery, Jean-Michel Basquiat: New Paintings, 8 March – 2 April, 1983; Kunzelsau, Museum Wurth, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 6 October, 2001 – 2 January, 2002
LITERATURE E. Navarra, Lean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 1996, vol. I, p. 145 (illustrated), vol. II, no.4, p. 106 (illustrated), p. 236 (installation view); E. Navarra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paris, 2000, p. 169 (illustrated)
Jean-Michel Basquiat, the artist and his acclaimed oeuvre, requires no introduction. His story is well known to all, the artist-rebel hailing from a poor, immigrant background who, after living on the streets of New York City, meteorically rose to the top of the art world...
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