Basquiat 40 seriesAmerican artist Jean Michel Basquiat (19601988) quickly became one of art historys most luminescent personalities; his friendships with Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Madonna, as well as his tragic death at the age of twenty seven, are the stuff of legend. This retrospective publication traces the artists unique career and pinpoints his important position in art history. Basquiats works are marked by the kind of intensity and energy that also