BAUMAN RARE BOOKS 56 84BASQUIAT, Jean-Michel. Drawings. Zurich and New York, 1985. Small oblong folio, original gray cloth, dust jacket. $11,500 Limited first edition, one of 1000 copies signed and numbered by Basquiat, with a portrait frontispiece by New York photographer James van der Zee. “Jean-Michel, contrary to what you might think, absolutely did not consider himself a ‘Graffiti Artist.’ He had always seen himself as a Fine Artist, and his influences ranged from Leonardo Da Vinci to Abstract Expressionists like Cy Twombly and Franz Kline” (John Seed). In March 1985, Basquiat opened his second one-artist show at the Mary Boone Gallery. This is the commemorative book of 32 drawings from that show. Interior fine, one tiny mark to front cloth, boards a bit bowed. A beautiful copy in about-fine condition. Icons Of Pop Art: Inscribed By Warhol 85BASQUIAT, Jean-Michel, CLEMENTE, Francesco, and WARHOL, Andy. Collaborations. Zurich, 1984. Slim octavo, original blue and white cloth, dust jacket. $8500 First edition, boldly inscribed by Andy Warhol to photographer Christopher Makos on the front flyleaf. The exhibition catalogue documenting 15 collaborative multimedia works created by Basquiat, Italian artist and publisher Clemente and Warhol. Bruno Bischofberger, who represented all three artists, brought them together by commissioning these pieces; the canvases were displayed in Bischofberger’s gallery and are reproduced here in full color. For Warhol and Basquiat, the project marked the start of an extraordinary working relationship that became one of the most iconic artistic partnerships of the 1980s. This copy inscribed by Warhol to “Chris”: photographer Christopher Makos, a close friend of the artist’s who often photographed both him and Basquiat. Book fine, in a near-fine dust jacket with minor rubbing to spine head. Signed Limited Edition Of Basquiat’s Drawings
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