BOOKS
Eleanor Nairne and Hans Werner Holzwarth.
Jean-Michel Basquiat. [XXL-edition.]
Koln, Taschen, 2018.
€ 175.00
Bound, hardcover with dustjacket and original illustrated cardboard box, 500pp., 30x40cm. illustrated in col., in very good condition (cardboard box with light traces of use, book itself as new: the original shrinkwrap has been cut open). Large and heavy volume. ISBN: 9783836550376.
Get up close to the bold brushwork and scribbled words of Jean-Michel Basquiat, one of the most successful artists of his time. This XXL-sized monograph gathers Basquiat?s major works in pristine reproduction. Texts by editor Hans Werner Holzwarth and curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne introduce us to a legend synonymous with 1980s New York.