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Jean-Michel Basquiat Neg #18 - These Eyes

Name: Jean-Michel Basquiat Neg #18 - These Eyes | Nicholas Taylor
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 79863

Nicholas Taylor

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American (1953)

Portfolio: Jean-Michel Basquiat Through Nicholas Taylor
Date: 1979 | 2003
Photograph, signed and numbered
Edition of AP
Image Size: 9 x 6 inches
Size: 11 x 8 in. (27.94 x 20.32 cm)
Frame Size: 18 x 14 inches

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about Jean-Michel Basquiat Neg #18 - These Eyes

Photographer Nicholas Taylor had the unique opportunity to meet a young Jean-Michel Basquiat long before his career as an artist took off.

Taylor met and photographed Basquiat and his band "Gray" in the late 1970s before joining the band himself. This intense portrait of the artist is part of a portfolio of images Taylor captured in those early days, and is signed, titled, and numbered in pencil by Taylor at the bottom.

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About The Artist: Nicholas Taylor

Nicholas Taylor (aka Nick Taylor aka DJ High Priest) was born December 8, 1953 in Belleville, Illinois USA. Taylor moved to New York in 1977. 1n January 1979 he photographs an early series of headshots with his friend Jean-Michel Basquiat. In1979 Nick joined Basquiat’s band “Gray” (guitar). Gray was a very unique sound oriented band associated with the “No Wave” scene in New York City at that time. Gray opened for...

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About The Medium: Photograph

An image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see.

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