Raw power of Basquiat on show in Hong Kong – he's 'so of the moment', Lévy Gorvy gallery co-founder Brett Gorvy says | South China Morning Post
![Untitled (Black Skull), 1982 (acrylic, coloured oilsticks and spray paint on canvas) by Basquiat, Jean Michel (1960-1988) Untitled (Black Skull), 1982 (acrylic, coloured oilsticks and spray paint on canvas) by Basquiat, Jean Michel (1960-1988)](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.XXX.6410990.7055475/986967.jpg)
Untitled (Black Skull), 1982 (acrylic, coloured oilsticks and spray paint on canvas) by Basquiat, Jean Michel (1960-1988)
National Gallery of Victoria - In this 1982 painting, the figure wears a three-pointed crown – a prominent symbol in Basquiat's visual lexicon. The figure stands defiantly with one arm raised. Basquiat's
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Untitled, a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat from 1982, is on display at a media preview for Sotheby's New York evening auctions of Impressionist & Modern Art (16 May) and Contemporary Art (18
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