'Flexible' by Jean-Michel Basquiat, 2024
Original promotional poster from the curated exhibit, 'Jean-Michel Basquiat: Made on Market Street,' Gagosian Beverly Hills, 2024.
Based on the artist's original 'Flexible' from 1984.
Officially licensed by The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
39 x 27 Inches
100 x 68.6 Centimeters
Rare offset lithograph print on satin poster paper.
Limited Edition of unknown size.
Excellent original condition.
ABOUT THE ART
This poster featuring Flexible (1984) was produced in 2024, in conjunction with Jean-Michel Basquiat: Made on Market Street at Gagosian, Beverly Hills, an exhibition curated by Fred Hoffman with Larry Gagosian.
Flexible is one of the iconic paintings that Basquiat made in Venice, California, using slats removed from a fence around his studio courtyard. In this work, he expanded his portrayal of the Black male, presenting a larger-than-life figure whose elastic, expressive pose combines the artist’s interests in symbolism and in qualities he characterized as “royalty, heroism, and the streets.”