Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) is the archetype of the doomed young artist

 

Jean-Michel Basquiat 

Died August 12, 1988 (aged 27)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.

Another Star passing at 27....

 

Detail from “Untitled”, a 1982 painting by deceased artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, bought by Japanese collector, Yusaku Maezawa.     Photograph: Sotheby's/EPA

A painting by late graffiti artist-turned-expressionist painter, Jean-Michel Basquiat, has become the most expensive

at auction of any US artist, fetching $110.5m (£85m) in New York.

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) is the archetype of the doomed young artist