Jean-Michel Basquiat
For additional information and an organized presentation of Jean-Michel Basquiat ephemera please visit our Collections page, where there are two Basquiat exhibitions: A Survey of Jean-Michel Basquiat Ephemera: 1981-88 and Posthumous Basquiat: Art Ephemera From After August 12, 1988.
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Basquiat, Haring, Charlesworth, Longo, Fischl, Colescott, Art Auction, Two-Fold Card, El Bohio, 1988
• Charas/El Bohio
• Eric Fischl
• Jean-Michel Basquiat
• Keith Haring
• Robert Colescott
• Robert Longo
• Sarah Charlesworth
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Card, Ikon Ltd./Kay Richards Contemporary Art (California), 2002
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A Survey of Jean-Michel Basquiat Ephemera: 1981–88
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