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Horn Players
by Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1983
StyleExpressionism
Artwork Details
Details
- Year
- 1983
- Medium
- Acrylic and oil paintstick on three canvas panels
- Size
- 243.8 × 190.5 cm (96 × 75 in)
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American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat painted this tribute to jazz legends Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in 1983. The large three-panel work features the musicians' names repeated and crossed out, a technique Basquiat used to draw attention to words while simultaneously erasing them.
Music was central to Basquiat's life and art. Growing up in Brooklyn, he absorbed jazz, bebop, and eventually punk and hip-hop. These influences pulse through his frenetic visual style.
Eli and Edythe Broad were among Basquiat's earliest collectors, purchasing works directly from his shows in the 1980s. The Broad now holds 13 Basquiat paintings, more than MoMA and the Whitney combined.
