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Artists›Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

American, 1960

WA-00000186

Brooklyn, NY, USA

PaintingPrimitivismNeo-Expressionism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ155407

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Unknown· 85%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Generic + Unknown· 72%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%
Death yearUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/jean-michel-basquiat
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/jean-michel-basquiat
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/370
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata Patch
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Jean-Michel Basquiat yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Primitivism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

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Jughead

1987 · Acrylic, wax crayon, pencil on canvas

79 1/2 in. × 13 ft. 11 in. × 1 1/4 in. (201.9 × 424.2 × 3.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1986 · Graphite, colored pencils, and watercolor on paper

29 3/4 x 42 in. (75.6 x 106.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1985 · Oilstick on paper

22 1/4 x 30" (56.5 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1985 · Cut-and-pasted paper and oilstick on paper

41 1/2 x 29 1/2" (105.4 x 75 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1985 · Graphite, colored pencils, oilstick, acrylic, torn and pasted papers on paper

29 1/4 x 42 in. (74.3 x 106.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hollywood Africans

1983 · Acrylic and oil stick on canvas

Overall: 84 1/16 × 84 in. (213.5 × 213.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled, From Leonardo

1983 · One from a series of five screenprints

composition and sheet: 34 3/4 x 30" (88.2 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, From Leonardo

1983 · One from a series of five screenprints

composition and sheet: 34 3/4 x 30" (88.2 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, From Leonardo

1983 · One from a series of five screenprints

composition and sheet: 34 3/4 x 30" (88.2 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, From Leonardo

1983 · One from a series of five screenprints

composition and sheet: 34 3/4 x 30" (88.2 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, From Leonardo

1983 · One from a series of five screenprints

composition and sheet: 34 3/4 x 30" (88.2 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, From Leonardo

1983 · Series of five screenprints

composition and sheet (each): 34 3/4 x 26 1/16" (88.2 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1983 · Screenprint on canvas

composition and overall: 57 5/8 x 75 9/16" (146.4 x 192 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1982 · Oil stick on paper

Sheet (Irregular): 29 15/16 × 22 in. (76 × 55.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled

1982 · Felt-tip pen and oilstick on paper

30 x 22" (76.2 x 55.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1981 · Oilstick on paper

40 x 60" (101.6 x 152.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled

1981 · Acrylic, oil and oil stick on wood panel

72 × 48 in. (182.9 × 121.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

17 published of 30 catalogued · 24 with image

MoMA
11 publishedof 24 catalogued24 img
The Met
4 published
Whitney
2 published

Record

Images

Artsy

Relationships

Influence2

Cy Twomblyinfluenced byJoan Miróinfluence

Peers & Context19

Keith HaringcontemporaryAndy WarholcontemporaryJulian SchnabelcontemporaryGeorg BaselitzsimilarCy TwomblysimilarAlvin Aileyco-exhibited

Movements2

Primitivism Neo-Expressionism

Collections8

Sotheby's Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art Christie's Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

John Jay Educational Campus

Visual Arts

Saint Ann's School

Visual Arts

City As School

Visual Arts

Edward R. Murrow High School

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

Keith Haring

Drawing

contemporary

Market

Auction History

Range: $70 – $750

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Mar 2026	$200 – $400	$200
Untitled	Artsy	Mar 2026	$700 – $900	$750
Untitled	Artsy	Feb 2026	$150 – $250	$70

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

New York · 1984

Exhibition Edges of Ailey