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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Untitled

Artist (1960 - 1988)
Date1981
MediumOil stick, acrylic, and spray enamel on canvas
Dimensions78 x 68 in. (198.1 x 172.7 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
On View
On view
Label TextJean-Michel Basquiat drew on American popular culture and his Haitian heritage to create images with many possible interpretations.



In this work, a central figure in a barbed-wire crown displays a fish he has caught. But is this a reference to Christ advising his followers to be "fishers of men," or a depiction of a Bokor, a Haitian voodoo priest who applies gray ashes to his body and uses pufferfish poison to concoct a deadly potion?





Jean-Michel Basquiat se inspiró en la cultura popular estadounidense y en su herencia haitiana para crear imágenes con muchas interpretaciones posibles.



En esta obra, una figura central con una corona de alambre de púas muestra un pez que ha pescado. Pero, ¿se trata de una referencia a Cristo aconsejando a sus seguidores que sean “pescadores de hombres”, o de una representación de un bokor, un sacerdote vudú haitiano que se unta cenizas grises por el cuerpo y utiliza el veneno del pez globo para elaborar una poción mortal?
Courtesy Harper's, New York
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