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(1984)signed, titled and dated 1984 on the reverseacrylic and oilstick on canvasThe connection between Bowie and Basquiat has previously been established on film in Julian Schnabel’s 1996 film, in which Bowie played the role of the young artist’s mentor and collaborator, Andy Warhol. It is clear that Bowie felt a strong connection to the artist and his method: “It comes as no surprise to learn that he [Basquiat] had a not-so-hidden ambition to be a rock musician,” Bowie wrote inin 1996. “His work relates to rock in ways that very few other visual artists get near. He seemed to digest the frenetic flow of passing image and experience, put them through some kind of internal reorganization and dress the canvas with this resultant network of chance.” See the forthcoming set of Bowie/Collector auction catalogues here. ; Credit: Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)