Al Diaz "SAMO©…Jean-Michel Basquiat" - Hand-Embellished Unique Print, AP, 1 of 1 - 18 x 24"

SAMO©…Jean-Michel Basquiat • Autographed archival pigment print • Additional ink on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 325 GSM fiber paper • 18 x 24 inches Hand-embellished, signed, marked and dated by artist Al Diaz • Artists' Proof, 1 of 1 House of Roulx blind embossed stamping • Authentic Edition rubber stamp on verso • Letter of Authenticity "SAMO©…" BY AL DIAZ Al Diaz aka Bomb 1’s career spans five decades. A prolific and influencial first generation NYC subway graffiti artist, who later became a text-orientated street artist. He co-founded the mythical art duo SAMO© with the iconic Jean-Michel Basquiat. The pair used the title, accompanied by short phrases, in turns poetic and sarcastic, spray painted on the streets of downtown Manhattan starting in 1977.  Art curator and critic Jeffrey Deitch called it “disjointed street poetry” and remembered that “back in the late seventies, you couldn’t go anywhere interesting in Lower Manhattan without noticing that someone named SAMO© had been t