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Jean Michel Basquiat is known for Street-graffiti, naive figure painting, drawing.<br><br> <span style="float: left;margin-top:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:0px;"> <img alt="Biography photo for Jean-Michel Basquiat" class="img200height350maxwidth" src="/assets/artist/32333/basquiat.jpg"><div style="text-align:center;max-width:200px;">© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York</div> </span> Noted for his graffiti street paintings under the name pseudonym 'SAMO', Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn. His father was Haitian-born Gerard Basquiat. His mother, Matilde Andradas, had been born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. He had two sisters (born in 1963 and 1966) also born in Brooklyn.<br><br>When only a small boy, Basquiat began drawing, inspired by the cartoons and Hitchcock films he watched on television. He also loved to read comic books and <i>Mad Magazine</i>, with its Alfred E. Neuman character. His mother encouraged this interest in art, and when he was only seven he produced a children's book with a friend, Mark Prozzo. When only eight, Basquiat was hit by a car while he played in the street, requiring him to spend a month in the hospital. During this time his mother gave him a copy of the book, <i>Gray's Anatomy</i>, the influence of which was to later show up in his artwork as well as the name of a band he co-fou ... <span>[Displaying 1000 of 17945 characters.]</span> <span style="font-size:14px !important;color:rgba(16,70,98,0.74) !important;font-weight:600;margin-left:15px;"> <i class="fa fa-user" style="font-size:13px;"></i> <a class="DontInclude" style="text-decoration:underline;" href="/artist/Jean_Michel_Basquiat/32333/Jean_Michel_Basquiat.aspx" >Artist bio</a> </span><br /><br /></i> <h2 style="font-size:14px;display:inline;line-height:16px;">Artist auction records</h2>. askART's database currently holds 2335 auction lots for Jean-Michel Basquiat (of which 1871 auction records sold and 1 are upcoming at auction.) <br /><br /><h2 style="font-size:14px;display:inline;line-height:16px;">Artist artworks for sale and wanted</h2>. There are 1 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 8 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Jean-Michel Basquiat as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" . <br /><br /><h2 style="font-size:14px;display:inline;line-height:16px;">Research resources</h2>. askART lists Jean-Michel Basquiat in 3 of its research Essays. Jean-Michel Basquiat has 13 artist signature examples available in our database. <br /><br /> <h2 style="font-size:14px;display:inline;line-height:16px;">Similar artists</h2>. 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