Jean-Michel Basquiat
graphite on paper
1982
A graphite drawing by Jean-Michel Basquiat from 1982 that captures his distinctive and unconventional drawing technique, characterized by gestural mark-making and spontaneous movement. Basquiat's process involved an intuitive, dance-like relationship with the pencil that created dynamic, energetic lines.
- Medium
- “The way he would hold a pencil…He wouldn’t hold it in a formal way. He would stick it through the fourth finger…so that when he drew, the pencil would just kind of slip out of his hand. He’d let it go that way, then grab it and bring it down, then let it drift. It was amazing, this whole dance he did with the pencil.” Fab 5 Freddy
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- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session
May 15, 2019
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