Basquiat skull painting 1982
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Basquiat skull painting 1982 is a famous 1982 neo-expressionist canvas by Jean-Michel Basquiat featuring a large, fragmented skull rendered in his raw, graffiti-influenced style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basquiat skull painting 1982 canonical | 1 |
| Basquiat’s anatomical drawings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9925197 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basquiat skull painting 1982 Context triple: [Untitled (1982), cataloguedAs, Basquiat skull painting 1982]
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A.
Self-Portrait with a Skull
Self-Portrait with a Skull is a psychologically intense self-portrait painting by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela that explores themes of mortality and the artist’s own identity.
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B.
L.H.O.O.Q.
L.H.O.O.Q. is Marcel Duchamp’s famous Dada artwork in which he irreverently altered a postcard of the Mona Lisa by adding a mustache and goatee, challenging traditional notions of art and authorship.
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Wall Drawing #1
Wall Drawing #1 is an early conceptual wall drawing by Sol LeWitt that exemplifies his use of simple geometric instructions to generate large-scale, site-specific artworks.
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D.
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear is a famous 1889 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting himself after mutilating his ear, often interpreted as a powerful reflection of his psychological turmoil and artistic intensity.
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E.
Spin Paintings
Spin Paintings are a series of abstract, centrifuge-created works by British artist Damien Hirst, characterized by vividly colored paint radiating from a central point.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basquiat skull painting 1982 Target entity description: Basquiat skull painting 1982 is a famous 1982 neo-expressionist canvas by Jean-Michel Basquiat featuring a large, fragmented skull rendered in his raw, graffiti-influenced style.
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A.
Self-Portrait with a Skull
Self-Portrait with a Skull is a psychologically intense self-portrait painting by Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela that explores themes of mortality and the artist’s own identity.
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B.
L.H.O.O.Q.
L.H.O.O.Q. is Marcel Duchamp’s famous Dada artwork in which he irreverently altered a postcard of the Mona Lisa by adding a mustache and goatee, challenging traditional notions of art and authorship.
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C.
Wall Drawing #1
Wall Drawing #1 is an early conceptual wall drawing by Sol LeWitt that exemplifies his use of simple geometric instructions to generate large-scale, site-specific artworks.
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D.
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear is a famous 1889 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting himself after mutilating his ear, often interpreted as a powerful reflection of his psychological turmoil and artistic intensity.
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E.
Spin Paintings
Spin Paintings are a series of abstract, centrifuge-created works by British artist Damien Hirst, characterized by vividly colored paint radiating from a central point.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artForm | painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext |
late 20th-century American art
ⓘ
postmodern art ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New York City art scene
ⓘ
downtown New York ⓘ
linked to:
Manhattan
|
| colorPalette |
contrasting tones
ⓘ
vivid colors ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ |
| depicts |
human skull
ⓘ
skull ⓘ |
| genre | Neo-Expressionism ⓘ |
| hasPart | fragmented skull image ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
graffiti
ⓘ
street art ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
acrylic paint
ⓘ
oilstick ⓘ spray paint ⓘ |
| movement | Neo-Expressionism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fusion of street art and fine art
ⓘ
iconic skull image ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ |
| periodInArtistCareer |
early career
ⓘ
peak creativity ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Basquiat’s anatomical drawings
ⓘ
linked to:
Basquiat skull painting 1982
Jean-Michel Basquiat skull motif series ⓘ |
| style |
graffiti-influenced
ⓘ
raw ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| technique |
improvisational mark-making
ⓘ
layering of text and image ⓘ |
| theme |
human anatomy
ⓘ
identity ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
anatomical imagery
ⓘ
skull motif ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
bold lines
ⓘ
expressive brushwork ⓘ layered surface ⓘ |
| visualStructure |
centralized skull composition
ⓘ
fragmented facial features ⓘ |
| yearOfCreation | 1982 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Basquiat skull painting 1982 Description of subject: Basquiat skull painting 1982 is a famous 1982 neo-expressionist canvas by Jean-Michel Basquiat featuring a large, fragmented skull rendered in his raw, graffiti-influenced style.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Untitled (1982) sold for over 100 million USD at auction
linked to: Basquiat skull painting 1982