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Basquiat, Jean-Michel, 1960-1988

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1960-12-22 - 1988-08-12

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Art at Auction 1997-1998 / Sotheby's ; Nauman B ; Basquiat JM ; Apollinaire G ; Apianus P., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-31395-32882
Scope and Contents

Petrus Apianus' illustrated book, "Astronomicum Caesareum" (1540) is depicted and described. The Sackner Archive holds a facsimile edition of this work. The catalogue entry of this original masterpiece states: "This copy is a magnificent example of 16th-century bookmaking. The Astronomicum Caesareum contains a broad analysis of Ptolemaic astronomy and is notable for Apianus's pioneering observations on comets, particularly his discovery that comets always point their tails away from the sun. The elaborate folio includes more than 100 woodcut and typographic diagrams, vignettes and illustrations in the text, many with movable type." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Contemporary / Christie's ; Andre C ; Basquiat JM ; Gilbert & George ; Kelley M ; Prince R ; Wool C ; Boltanski C., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-41096-43077
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. One fold-out page depicts Jeff Koons' Red Butt in which he and his wife are shown having intercourse with full genitalia nudity. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Contemporary / Christie's ; Landers S ; Ligon G ; Morris S ; Trockel R ; Basquiat JM ; Neshat S., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-35693-37443
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. The painting by Glen Lignon in this catalogue is similar is size and theme to the painting in the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

The Samo Graffiti / Flynt, Henry ; Basquiat JM., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-10803-11013
Scope and Contents

This exhibition documented the photographs of Samo graffiti which appeared in lower Manhatten in 1977-1978. Subsequently it became known that they were the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Al Diaz. The premise of these slogans/poems was that Samo was a brand name drug which provided salvation to those who would take it. This catalogue also mentions that Flynt's work is in the collection of Ruth & Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

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