Untitled
1984
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
81 x 69 14/4 inches
The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Collection, Los Angeles

well he is the big dog. mister commodity thanks to the help of friends. i have avoided writing about this piece for some time now. it is an amazing memory of mine, actually touching the cradle of this piece.
i was in the high museum of art a few years back...checking out the new exhibit that...exhibited specifically, the Marlyn Monroe prints of Warhol and this piece of Basquiat's. i was drunk and someone dare me to touch the cradle that housed the piece. not the painting itself but the housing. i did it. it may have been the the alcohol, but i felt at that moment that i could understand this messy jumble of beauty.