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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Untitled
Work_PrefTitle
Untitled
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Overall view
Image_Title
Overall view
Image View
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Creator:
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Jean-Michel Basquiat (American painter, 1960-1988)
Agent_Display
Jean-Michel Basquiat (American painter, 1960-1988)
Creator
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Location:
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repository: Broad Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) B-BASQ-2P82.32
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
repository: Broad Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States) B-BASQ-2P82.32
Location
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Location Note:
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221 S. Grand Avenue
Work_LocationNotes
221 S. Grand Avenue
Location Note
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GPS:
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34.0544-118.251
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Date:
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1981 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1981 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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American
Work_Culture
American
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Neo-Expressionist; Twentieth century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Neo-Expressionist; Twentieth century
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
Work_Worktype1
painting (visual work)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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Paintings
Work_Classification
Paintings
Classification
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Material:
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acrylic paint; oilstick on canvas
Work_MaterialDisplay
acrylic paint; oilstick on canvas
Material
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Technique:
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drawing (image-making); painting and painting techniques
Work_Technique
drawing (image-making); painting and painting techniques
Technique
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Measurements:
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81 in (height) x 69.25 in (width)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
81 in (height) x 69.25 in (width)
Measurements
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Subjects:
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abstraction; contemporary (1960 to present); head; mask; skull
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
abstraction; contemporary (1960 to present); head; mask; skull
Subjects
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Description:
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Many of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s paintings are in some way autobiographical, and Untitled may be considered a form of self-portraiture. The skull here exists somewhere between life and death. The eyes are listless, the face is sunken in, and the head looks lobotomized and subdued. Yet there are wild colors and spirited marks that suggest a surfeit of internal activity. Developing his own personal iconography, in this early work Basquiat both alludes to modernist appropriation of African masks and employs the mask as a means of exploring identity. Basquiat labored over this painting for months, evident in the worked surface and imagery, while most of his pieces were completed with bursts of energy over just a few days. The intensity of the painting, which was presented at his debut solo gallery exhibition in New York City, may also represent Basquiat’s anxieties surrounding the pressures of becoming a commercially successful artist (Source: Broad Museum [website]; https://www.thebroad .org/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
Many of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s paintings are in some way autobiographical, and Untitled may be considered a form of self-portraiture. The skull here exists somewhere between life and death. The eyes are listless, the face is sunken in, and the head looks lobotomized and subdued. Yet there are wild colors and spirited marks that suggest a surfeit of internal activity. Developing his own personal iconography, in this early work Basquiat both alludes to modernist appropriation of African masks and employs the mask as a means of exploring identity. Basquiat labored over this painting for months, evident in the worked surface and imagery, while most of his pieces were completed with bursts of energy over just a few days. The intensity of the painting, which was presented at his debut solo gallery exhibition in New York City, may also represent Basquiat’s anxieties surrounding the pressures of becoming a commercially successful artist (Source: Broad Museum [website]; https://www.thebroad .org/)
Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
LocalCollection
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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7A1-BASQUIAT-U81-A01
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A1-BASQUIAT-U81-A01
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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