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Jean-Michel-Basquiat and Andy Warhol Zenith 1985 acrylic on canvas 116 7/8 x 264 7/8 in. (297 x 673 cm.)
Provenance Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich Private Collection Exhibited Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Warhol – Basquiat, September 29 – November 25, 1989 Kassel, Museum Fridericianum, Collaboration – Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente, February 4 – May 5, 1996, then traveled to Munich, Museum Villa Stuck (July 25 – September 29, 1996) Torino, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Collaboration – Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente, October 17, 1996 – January 1, 1997 Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Andy Warhol A Factory, October 2, 1998 – January 10, 1999, then traveled to Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts (May 31, 1999 – September 19, 1999), Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum (October 18, 1999 – April 30, 2000) Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente – Obras en Colaboración, February 5 – April 29, 2002 Milan, Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, The Andy Warhol Show, September 22, 2004 – January 8, 2005 Zurich, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Skulls, December 3, 2005 – February 18, 2006 Literature D. Imbert, G. Müller, K. Haring, Warhol – Basquiat. Collaborations, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Paris, 1989, no. 7 (illustrated) T. Osterwold, T. Fairbrother, Collaborations – Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente, Cantz, Ostfildern, 1996, pp. 130-131 (illustrated) T. Osterwold, T. Fairbrother, K. Haring, Collaborations – Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente, Cantz, Ostfildern, 1996, pp. 70-71 (illustrated) Collaboration – Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente, exh. cat., Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Castello di Rivoli, 1997, p. 130-131 (illustrated) G. Celant, Andy Warhol A Factory, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Ostfildern, 1998, no. 562 (illustrated) J. Weinberg, Ambition and Love in Modern American Art, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001, p. 228 (illustrated) J. Bonet, R. Marshall E. Juncosa, Warhol, Basquiat, Clemente – Obras en Colaboración, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía / Aldeasa, Madrid, 2002, pp. 58-59 (illustrated) G. Mercurio, D. Morera, The Andy Warhol Show, Milan: Skira Editore, 2004, p. 286, no. 212 (illustrated) R. Diez, ARTE, Mensile di Arte, Cultura, Informazione: Jean Michel Basquiat, Milan: Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori S.p.A., 2005, p. 101 (illustrated) D. Hickey, Andy Warhol 'Giant' Size, Phaidon: New York, 2006, p. 559 (illustrated) A. Zanchetta, Frenologia della vanitas – il teschio nelle arti visive, Milan: Johan & Levi Editore, 2011, p. 300 (illustrated) Video JEAN-MICHEL-BASQUIAT AND ANDY WARHOL 'Zenith', 1985 Few artistic collaborations can touch the mystique inherent in the fusion of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel-Basquiat, each the greatest artistic figure of his respective generation. As a friendship, their time together was legendary, each contributing to the social aura of the other: Warhol lent Basquiat his legendary gravitas, while Basquiat invigorated Warhol with a spirit of youth. As creative partners, their time together was a maelstrom, initially prolific yet cut short by the ultimate contrast of their personalities. Zach Miner, Head of the Contemporary Art Evening Sale, and Benjamin Godsill, Contemporary Art Specialist, discuss Warhol and Basquiat’s collaboration as being a moment far ahead of its time. Catalogue Essay Few artistic collaborations can touch the mystique inherent in the fusion of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel-Basquiat, each the greatest artistic figure of his respective generation. While Warhol’s experience in the art world amounted to over three decades of charisma and controversy by 1982, at the time, Basquiat could count only a few seasons in the public eye. As a friendship, their time together was legendary, each contributing to the social aura of the other: Warhol lent Basquiat his legendary gravitas, while Basquiat invigorated Warhol with a spirit of youth. As creative partners, their time together was a maelstrom, initially prolific yet cut short by the ultimate contrast of their personalities. Though their public partnership ended after their exhibition at the Tony Shafrazi