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Series IV: Jean-Michel Basquiat Artist File, 1981-2003, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Content

Series comprises artist bios and other promotional material, price lists, invoices, correspondence, phone bills, bank account records, photographic material, and periodicals and clipping relating to Jean-Michel Basquiat, his work, and his relationship with the Annina Nosei Gallery.

Subseries A: Artist Files

Language of Materials

English.

Arrangement

Subseries is arranged in its original order.

Basquiat - Misc. Receipts, Tel. Bil, 1981-1983, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Basquiat Bio, Press Release, Prices, 1981-1989, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Press, 1981-1992, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Exhibition Cards and Announcements], 1982-2003, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Poems by JMB", undated

Box: 36, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries B: Correspondence

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Content

Correspondence mostly regarding Basquiat and Basquiat work. Three small pieces of correspondence from Basquiat.

Arrangement

Subseries is arranged in its original order.

Basquiat Correspondence 1982-1987 [1/2] [Material from Plastic Sleeve], 1982, 1983, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Contains two letters signed by Basquiat.

Basquiat Correspondence 1982-1987 [2/2], 1982-1987, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Basquiat - Museums, 1981-1985, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Postcard Purportedly from Basquiat], undated

Box: 36, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries C: Accounting

Language of Materials

English.

Arrangement

Subseries is arranged in its original order.

[Loose Material from "Basquiat Accounting" Letter Box], 1982, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Accounting Jean Michel Basquiat [From "Basquiat Accounting" Letter Box] [1/3], 1981-1983, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Contents of Plastic Sleeve from "Accounting Jean Michel Basquiat [1/3]"], 1981, 1982, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Accounting Jean Michel Basquiat [From "Basquiat Accounting" Letter Box] [2/3], 1982, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Accounting Jean Michel Basquiat [From "Basquiat Accounting" Letter Box] [3/3], 1982, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries D: Invoices

Arrangement

Subseries is arranged in its original order.

[Basquiat - Invoices] [1/4], 1981, 1982, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Basquiat - Invoices] [2/4], 1982, 1983, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Basquiat - Invoices] [3/4], 1983-1985, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Basquiat - Invoices] [4/4], 1983-1987, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries E: Slides Binder

Arrangement

Original binder sleeves, when numbered, are included with their contents in the new binders.

Jean-Michel Basquiat [Material from Front Pocket of Slide Binder], undated

Box: 35, Folder: 71 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Slides, undated

album: BJ (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries F: Visuals Binders

Arrangement

Subseries is arranged in its original order.

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book I [1/3], undated

album: BK (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book I [2/3], undated

album: BL (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book I [3/3], undated

album: BM (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book II [1/3], undated

album: BN (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book II [2/3], undated

album: BO (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book II [3/3], undated

album: BP (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries G: Material Separated from Visuals Binders

Arrangement

The order of folders in this subseries follows the order of binders in Series IV, Subseries F.

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book I [Front Pocket], undated

Box: 35, Folder: 72 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book I [1/3] [From Binder Sleeve 5/17], undated

Box: 35, Folder: 73 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book I [3/3] [From Binder Sleeve 13/22], undated

Box: 35, Folder: 74 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book II [Front Pocket], undated

Box: 35, Folder: 75 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book II [3/3] [From Binder Sleeve 23/29], undated

Box: 35, Folder: 76 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book II [3/3] [From Binder Sleeve 24/29], undated

Box: 35, Folder: 77 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jean-Michel Basquiat Book II [Back Pocket], undated

Box: 35, Folder: 78 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries H: Polaroids

Arrangement

Subseries is arranged in its original order.

Basquiat Polaroids, undated

album: BQ (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I: Catalogs

Arrangement

Subseries is arranged chronologically.

[Catalogs] [1/3], 1982, 1983, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Catalogs] [2/3], 1989-1996, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Catalogs] [3/3], undated

Box: 36, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries J: Periodicals, Clippings

Arrangement

Subseries arranged chronologically.

[Basquiat - Loose Clippings], 1982-1998, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Periodicals] [1/4], 1983, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Periodicals] [2/4], 1983-1988, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Periodicals] [3/4], 1992, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Periodicals] [4/4], 1997, inclusive

Box: 36, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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