Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art - Hardcover

Hoban, Phoebe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670854778 ISBN 13: 9780670854776

Publisher: Viking, 1998

Synopsis

The tragic story of the talented painter Jean-Michel Basquiat details his turbulent childhood, explosive dealings with the elite art world, relationships with such figures as Andy Warhol and Madonna, and rise to fame, which led to his death from a drug overdose at the age of twenty-seven. 12,000 first printing.

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Review:

'Compulsively readable' --New York Times

'A terrific book ... most certainly the best book we will have on the never-never land of the Eighties art market' --Tony Parsons

'Hoban's portrait of Eighties Manhattan, scrupulously researched and based on hundreds of riveting interviews, is better than anything written by Bret Easton Ellis and Tama Janowitz' --Guardian

Synopsis:

Details the talented painter's turbulent childhood, explosive dealings with the elite art world, relationships with such figures as Andy Warhol and Madonna, and rise to fame, which led to his death from a drug overdose at the age of twenty-seven.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0670854778
• ISBN 13: 9780670854776
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400