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Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960-1988

by Leonhard Emmerling, Jean-Michel Basquiat

This biography details the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, tracing his rise from a New York street graffiti artist in the late 1970s to a prominent figure in the global art world before his death in 1988.

Accession 1270 ISBN 9783822816370 Publisher Taschen
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