All Colored Cast (Part III): A Descriptive Essay

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1982 Jean-Michel Basquiat’s All Colored Cast (Part III), created in 1982, is a large-scale work executed in acrylic and crayon on a square canvas measuring 152.5 by 152.5 centimeters. Currently held in a private collection, the painting immediately commands attention through its vivid yellow background, which serves as a luminous field upon which…

The Same Image: Basquiat’s Premonition and the Life of Ermias Asghedom

A Comparative Essay There are moments in art history when an image refuses to stay in its own time. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s All Colored Cast (Part III), painted in 1982 in a studio apartment on Market Street in Venice, California, is one of those images. Rendered in acrylic and crayon on a luminous yellow canvas, the…