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Dkd Jean-Michel Basquiat sell things at the art market?
Basquiat sold his first painting in 1981, and by 1982, spurred by the Neo-Expressionist art boom, his work was in great demand
What kind of art did Jean-Michel Basquiat make?
According to Franklin Sirmans, Basquiat appropriated poetry, drawing, and painting, and married text and image, abstraction, figuration, and historical information mixed with contemporary critique.
What did Jean-Michel Basquiat paint?
His paintings are typically covered with text and codes of all kinds: words, letters, numerals, pictograms, logos, map symbols, diagrams and more.
Did Jean-Michel Basquiat sell any of his paintings?
Basquiat sold his first painting in 1981
Who did Jean-Michel Basquiat sell to?
Yusaku Maezawa
Anything else interesting about Jean-Michel Basquiat?
Basquiat used social commentary in his paintings as a tool for introspection and for identifying with his experiences in the black community of his time.
What was the average price for the rest of Jean-Michel Basquiat's paintings?
His paintings average above one hundred million dollars a piece.

Question: did anybody famous buy his art?
Self-contained rewrite: Did anybody famous buy Jean-Michel Basquiat's art?