Jean-Michel Basquiat / Gagosian 2014 / As New / Rare / Out of Print

  
Featuring foldouts, candid photographs and full-page colour installation shots, this beautiful book celebrates the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat over his brief but meteoric career. Dozens of historical photographs, both black-and-white and colour, connect the text with the close to 60 colour plates, providing invaluable insight into the life and work of this seminal artist. Art historian Robert Farris Thompson delivers a detailed analysis of some of Basquiat's most iconic paintings, situating them within the artist's own oeuvre, as well as the larger landscape of 20th-century art. Rounding out this stunning volume, the late Rene Ricard provides a rare but accurate glimpse into the private world of Basquiat, recounting their sometimes fraught friendship: from their first meeting in 1981 to Basquiat's death in 1988.