Basquiat: The Modena Paintings Malu Halasa The publication features over 150

The publication features over 150 images documenting both the works in progress and the final artworks

The book features scholarly essays

Jonas Wood’s printmaking practice

It reproduces a detail of Ruby’s painting

this rare signed first edition of Richard Avedon’s In the American West documents a body of work that was originally exhibited at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth

Basquiat: The Modena Paintings Malu Halasa The publication features over 150Published by Hatje Cantz, this book documents the exhibition Basquiat: The Modena Paintings at Fondation Beyeler in Riehen Basel. In the summer of 1982, Jean Michel Basquiat traveled to Modena, Italy, at the invitation of gallery owner Emilio Mazzoli to produce new works for a solo exhibition. He made eight large format paintings, some of which are now among his most renowned works; however, the planned exhibition ultimately did not occur. The works