Thousands of dollars / Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Accession Number: 1985/2.17
Title: Thousands of dollars
Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1960-1988
Medium and Support: graphite on paper
Object Creation Date: 1981
Object Creation Place: North and Central America (continent); United States (nation)
Creation Place 1: North and Central America (continent)
Creation Place 2: United States (nation)
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur Cohen in honor of Ben and Yetta Cohen
Inscription: Signed and dated l.r., verso: SAMO c [c is encircled] N.Y.C./81
Dimensions: 61 cm x 45.7 cm (24 in. x 18 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Object Classification: Drawing
Primary Object Type: line drawing
Physical Description: This is a line drawing on white paper. There is a hatchet, an oblong box with a dark line around the middle and the words, "thousands of dollars".
Primary Keywords: axe; money
Secondary Keywords: exchange media; modern and contemporary art; objects; objects we use; text-based art
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 945 x 1169
File Size: 58 KB
Record: 1985/2.17
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.17/1985_2.17.jpg

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Full citation: "Thousands of dollars; Jean-Michel Basquiat." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.17/1985_2.17.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 09, 2024.