Jean Michel Basquiat Estate Fine Art Offset Lithograph Pop Art Print " Ishtar " 1983

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This Jean Michel Basquiat Estate fine art offset lithograph Pop Art Print " Ishtar " 1983, is a very special … Read more This Jean Michel Basquiat Estate fine art offset lithograph Pop Art Print " Ishtar " 1983, is a very special piece to add to your collection. The Pop Art print is printed in The United Kingdom in 2017 with the licensed authorized rights of the Estate of Jean Michel Basquiat. It features an artwork image originally created by Basquiat in 1983 titled " Ishtar ".

Jean Michel Basquiat ( 1960 - 1988 ) was born to 2 Haitian immigrants 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 did a retrospective exhibition of the life works of this great American Contemporary artist and master of social commentary.

His work focused on suggestive dichotomies such as wealth vs poverty, segregation vs integration, and inner vs outer experience of the human Condition. He appropriated poetry, drawing, painting, & 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 offset lithograph Pop Art print measures 14" W X 11" H. It is printed on high quality smooth finish paper stock with a satin finish. It is in excellent " like new " condition with light signs of handling. It has never been framed. Please see photos for condition reference. It is now being offered here for an excellent price. See less