Jean Michel Basquiat " Paintings Catalogue Raisonne " Rare Vintage Landmark Volume Lithograph Print Large Hardcover Slipcase Two Books Set

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This Jean Michel Basquiat " Paintings Catalogue Raisonne " very rare vintage 2000 third edition landmark volume lithograph print large … Read more This Jean Michel Basquiat " Paintings Catalogue Raisonne " very rare vintage 2000 third edition landmark volume lithograph print large hardcover slipcase two books set is an incredibly special and unique set to add to your library collection.

The two hardcover books with laminated cover boards in slipcase box cover is published by the famous Galerie Enrico Navarra Paris, printed in Italy in 2000 by Canale Turin, photoengraving by Schwitter SA Allschwil-Bale, Switzerland and Litho Art New, Turin Italy. Copyright The Estate of Jean Michel Basquiat, New York, 2000 / A.D.A.G.P., Paris..

It features an expansive Catalogue Rainsonne comprehensive survey of the paintings artworks of Jean Michel Basquiat, with accompanied compelling text in both English and French languages. It includes more than 1200 illustrations with essays by Jean-Louis Prat, Johnny Depp, Achille Bonito Oliva, Richard D. Marshall, Bruno Bischofberger, and Enrico Navarra. With additional contributing stories by Diego Cortez, Annina Nosei, Herbert and Leonore Schorr, Tony Shafrazi, Robert Farris Thompson, Larry Warsh, Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr, Ouattara, Michael Ward Stout, John Cheim, Demosthenes Davvetas, and Glen O'Brien.

This is a rare opportunity for true Basquiat fans and collectors as this coveted landmark volume hardcover slipcase 2 books set is long out of print and very scarce to find.

The beautifully appointed volume hardbound books are devoted entirely to Basquiat's paintings. This very desirable monograph is rounded off with a chronologically arranged illustrated glossary book, biography, personal and group exhibitions lists, bibliography, and main public collections list.

A longtime supporter of Basquiat's work, Enrico Navarra ( 1953 - 2020 ) gallerist, collector and art-book publisher a visionary with unparalleled instinct who promoted artists, especially Jean Michel Basquiat, before the rest of the art world had fully appreciated the importance of their work. Navarra believed in and championed emerging artists, inspiring a global appreciation before they came to fame. Through his exhibitions, scholarship and beyond, he was profoundly instrumental in nurturing Basquiat's international market, including authoring some of the most comprehensive books in his work, and creating and promoting exhibitions worldwide - laying the groundwork for his meteoric rise.

Jean Michel Basquiat ( 1960 - 1988 ) was born in Brooklyn New York in 1960. His early creative career was as the Street Graffiti artist nick named " Samo " in The Late 1970's on New York City's Lower East Side. By The Early 1980's with the help of his friend Andy Warhol, Basquiat began to make his emotionally charged aesthetically arresting Neo Expressionist paintings. In 1992 The Whitney Museum of Art held a major retrospective exhibition of the life works of this great American artist and master of social commentary.

His work focused on suggestive dichotomies such as wealth vs poverty, integration vs segregation, and inner vs outer experience of the human condition. He appropriated poetry, drawing, painting, and married text and image with Abstraction and Figuration. Basquiat's works had strong social commentary and deeper truths about the individual and the power structures of racism, and criticism of colonialism and support for class struggles.

The rare out of print 3rd edition large format hardcover books set in slipcase box cover measures 10 1/8" W X 12" H X 2 7/8" D, with 685 pages combined. It is printed on premium paper stock featuring 1240 predominately color illustrations, including 286 lithograph print full-color plates.

It is in excellent " like new " very clean vintage condition with very light signs of handling, and very light minor wear to the slipcase cover. Please see photos for condition reference It is now being offered here for an excellent price. See less