Jean-Michel Basquiat Sapphires positioning it in relation to

positioning it in relation to concepts of modernity and Ruscha’s larger oeuvre

Curated by Fred Hoffman with Larry Gagosian

in collaboration with the Minneapolis-based workshop Vermillion Editions Limited in 2021

The fifth sculpture

including a nursery rhyme

Jean-Michel Basquiat Sapphires positioning it in relation toThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Jean Michel Basquiat at the Museo dArte Moderna della Citt di Lugano, Switzerland. Documenting more than seventy works by the artist in color and black and whiteincluding paintings, drawings, and collaborations with Francesco Clemente and Andy Warholit surveys Basquiats brief but brilliant career. The publication features essays by Bruno Bischofberger, Luciano Caprile, Henry Geldzahler, Jeffrey