Though he apparently hadn’t made the fakes himself, and was never convicted, “Vrej was a big crook,” says the artist Rick Prol. "the FBI in 1994 investigated a matter in which Vrej Baghoomian, the dealer who represented the painter at the time of his death, had sold five fake Basquiats at a Paris art fair. Sign up to hear about all the latest updates from the official theatre.
Phoebe Hoban reported in her biography, "Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art". This invitation was printed in Basquiat's lifetime - making it such a collectible. In the photo, he clutches the copy of Jack Kerouac’s The Subterraneans which Basquiat, an autodidact, is said to have kept in his suitcase wherever he went, (The semi-autobiographical novel is about Kerouac's affair with an African-American woman, and his entree into the world of Jazz.) Basquiat famously had a falling out with the notoriously sketchy Vrej Baghoomian, and he is said to have boycotted the opening reception on April 29th. La compañía Watson Tech S.L, CIF B87898615, tiene domicilio fiscal en Calle Almirante núm. Some would later say that Basquiat's death seemed almost foreshadowed by the announcement’s austere design, colorless palette, and solemn portrait photograph. Indeed, what makes this exhibition invitation so extraordinary is that this exhibition ended June 11th, 1988 - almost exactly two months before Basquiat's own life ended, at the age of 27, on August 12, 1988. Historic, uncommon offset lithograph fold-out invitation from what would become the very last exhibition of Basquiat's short life.
Offset print, 6″ x 9″ (folded) 10 1/2″ x 9″ (splayed open)īeyond scarce! Exhibition invitation for Basquiat's show at Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, NY, April - June 1988, photograph by (French photographer) Jerome Schlomoff. Offset Lithograph for Basquiat's final exhibition Works by Martin Whatson: Panda (Acrylic), 2020, The Crack, 2021, Sneak Peak, 2021, Rock Climber - Limited edition of 250, 2021, The Stag - Limited. Portrait with Jack Kerouac (Invitation to Basquiat's final exhibition), 1988 Martin Whatson (b.1984) is a Norwegian street artist best known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids.
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