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Tuesday
May072013

Man Made: A Selling Exhibition of Works By Jean-Michel Basquiat Opens At Sotheby's S/2 Galleries

 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Love Dub for A. Signed, titled and dated 1987 on the reverse. Acrylic and oilstick on canvas, 87 by 114¼ in. 221 by 290.2 cm. Photo: Sotheby's. (click photo for larger image)

“From 2 May through 9 June 2013, Sotheby’s S|2 private sales galleries in New York will host an exhibition of works by the Brooklyn-born painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, offering a comprehensive view of his short but legendary career.”

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American Neo-Expressionist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) began his career as a grafitti artist, in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York. "Basquiat's canon revolves around single heroic figures: athletes, prophets, warriors, cops, musicians, kings and the artist himself."

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