Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat “Dos Cabezas” T-Shirt
Details
This medium weight cotton T-shirt features "Dos Cabezas," a portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat with Andy Warhol printed on the front of the shirt. The bottom right of the shirt features a sewn-in woven tag printed with handwritten text from one of Basquiat’s famed notebook pages.
- 100% Cotton Jersey
- Unisex, adult size XS to 2XL; Relaxed fit (slightly looser than a classic fit)
- Made in Portugal
- Machine wash cold with like colors; Do not bleach; Do not iron design
About the Artwork: After meeting Andy Warhol as an established artist, Basquiat painted this double portrait of the pair and sent it to Warhol’s studio, The Factory. Warhol responded by creating portraits of Basquiat, and the two collaborated on numerous works from then on. Dos Cabezas, however, is the only joint portrait of Warhol and Basquiat.
Dos Cabezas, 1982
© Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Licensed by Artestar, New York
Jean-Michel Basquiat
A poet, musician, and graffiti prodigy in late-1970s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat had honed his signature painting style of obsessive scribbling, elusive symbols and diagrams, and mask-and-skull imagery by the time he was 20. “I don’t think about art while I work,” he once said. “I think about life.” Basquiat drew his subjects from his own Caribbean heritage—his father was Haitian and his mother of Puerto Rican descent—and a convergence of African-American, African, and Aztec cultural histories with Classical themes and contemporary heroes like athletes and musicians. Often associated with Neo-expressionism, Basquiat received massive acclaim in only a few short years, showing alongside artists like Julian Schnabel, David Salle, and Francesco Clemente. In 1983, he met Andy Warhol, who would come to be a mentor and idol. The two collaborated on a series of paintings before Warhol’s death in 1987, followed by Basquiat’s own untimely passing a year later.
