Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
SAMO Xerox poster (1979)
From 1983 to 1988 Basquiat lived at 57 Great Jones Street in NoHo, where he died. A plaque commemorating his life was placed outside the building in 2016.
Basquiat's grave at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York
Basquiat's drawing of art critic Rene Ricard, Untitled (Axe/Rene) (1984)
The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES, is a historic neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York City. It is located roughly between the Bowery and the East River from Canal to Houston streets. Historically, it was understood to encompass a much larger area, from Broadway to the East River and from East 14th Street to Fulton and Franklin Streets.
The corner of Orchard and Rivington Streets in the Lower East Side in 2005
Tenement buildings on the Lower East Side
The Lower East Side in the early 1900s
The Lower East Side and Lower Manhattan skyline photographed using Agfacolor in 1938.