Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Eyes and Eggs
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Eyes and Eggs
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Image View:
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Detail of the face and uniform
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Creator:
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Jean-Michel Basquiat (American painter, 1960-1988)
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Location:
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repository: Broad Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) B-BASQ-2P83.03
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Location Note:
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221 S. Grand Avenue
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GPS:
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+34.0544-118.251
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Date:
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1983 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Neo-Expressionist; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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acrylic paint; oilstick; paper collage on cotton drop cloth with metal hinges
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Technique:
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collage (technique); drawing (image-making); painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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119 in (height) x 97 in (width)
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Subjects:
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genre; portrait; cook; dining
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Description:
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Combining the tools of graffiti (Magic Marker, spray enamel) with those of fine art (oil and acrylic paint, collage, and oil stick), Basquiat's best paintings maintain a powerful tension between opposing aesthetic forces; expression and knowledge, control and spontaneity, savagery and wit, urbanity and primitivism while providing acerbic commentary on the harsher realities of race, culture, and society. Here he creates a portrait of a short-order cook. (Source: Gagosian Gallery [website]; https://gagosian.com)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-BASQUIAT-EAE-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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