Basquiat/Warhol

Museum of Art Museum of Art

Exhibition: Basquiat/Warhol

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John A. and Helen P. Becker Gallery
Working in New York City during the late 1970s and early 80s, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol were friends, collaborators, and rivals. This dramatic installation highlights a series of Polaroids by Warhol recently given to the museum, and a single monumental canvas by Basquiat.

Selected Works

"Madame Beaugner", 1979 by Andy Warhol , American, 1928-1987, polacolor 2 on paper, Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 2008.28.23

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Working in New York City during the late 1970s and early 80s, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol were friends, collaborators, and rivals.  This dramatic installation highlights a series of Polaroids by Warhol recently given to the museum, and a single monumental canvas by Basquiat.