signed first edition Original cloth, original dust jacket
1985 · Zurich
by BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL
Zurich: Gallery Bruno Bischofberger, 1985. First edition. Original cloth, original dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT. Signed by Basquiat and numbered (“493/1000”) in blue ink on the verso of title page, facing a spectacular photograph of Basquiat taken in 1982 by James van der Zee. Illustrated with 32 colored plates and vivid color dust jacket.
The illustrations are of drawings created in New York and during travels abroad during the winter of 1982/83.
Although the book is numbered as one of 1000 copies, it is extremely rare on the market and it is generally understood that a number much smaller than 1000 were produced and signed by Basquiat.
Zurich: Edition Gallery Bruno Bischofberger; New York: Mary Boone Gallery; 1985. Oblong quarto (14x10.5 in), original cloth, original dust jacket. Book with light line of soiling on signature page and superficial split at gutter (everything holding). Dust jacket with a few tiny line-impressions only visible in raking light, otherwise fine. A beautiful copy. RARE. (Inventory #: 2908)
The illustrations are of drawings created in New York and during travels abroad during the winter of 1982/83.
Although the book is numbered as one of 1000 copies, it is extremely rare on the market and it is generally understood that a number much smaller than 1000 were produced and signed by Basquiat.
Zurich: Edition Gallery Bruno Bischofberger; New York: Mary Boone Gallery; 1985. Oblong quarto (14x10.5 in), original cloth, original dust jacket. Book with light line of soiling on signature page and superficial split at gutter (everything holding). Dust jacket with a few tiny line-impressions only visible in raking light, otherwise fine. A beautiful copy. RARE. (Inventory #: 2908)
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