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As theGRIO reported, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s untimely death in 1988 has not ended the reverence that art collectors have for his work. His paintings are often covered in words and doodles.

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ABOUT JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT and ARTESTAR Jean-Michel Basquiat ... His career in art spanned the late 1970s through the 1980s until his death in 1988, at the age of 27. Basquiat's works are edgy ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Self Portrait as a Heel (Part ... he continued to visit California until his untimely death in 1988.