Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) authentic acrylic and oil stick painting on canvas, taken off stretcher signed lower right ("Jean Michel") 20 x 15 inches, provenance New York art dealer sent a collection of Basquiat paintings to a Los Angeles collector circa 1981; THIS IS A VERY EARLY PAINTING C. FALL 1981 WHEN BASQUIAT WAS DEVELOPING HIS STYLE; HERE YOU SEE AN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST COMPOSITION -- VERY VERY UNUSUAL; BASQUIAT IS THE NEW PICASSO HIS PAINTINGS TODAY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE MANY SELL FOR OVER $10 MILLION (HIS HIGH PRICE IS OVER $100 MILLION) BASQUIAT LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY, LOS ANGELES, AND HAD A RANCH IN HANA MAUAI (HAWAII) THIS WRITER HAS BEEN TO HANA 3 TIMES OVER THE YEARS -- THIS IS WHERE Basquiat lived on vacation; (SMALL VILLAGE MAYBE 2000 PEOPLE); today many of Basquiat's paintings are more expensive than Willem de Kooning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pleas note there are two small cars in oil stick near the top of the painting (very typical of Basquiat). IT IS AMAZING THAT THE STYLE OF THIS PAINTING IS ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM.
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