Jean-Michel Basquait - Pez Dispenser - Fine Art Giclee Print

Pez Dispenser is an artwork originally created in 1984 by the Manhattan based artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988). It depicts a dinosaur wearing a crown, and its style and form are entirely typical of Basquiat's work, which tended to blend elements of street art with a complex, neo expressionist style.

Much of Basquiat's work was figurative, and much of it referred to popular culture and the tropes to be found in movies, cartoons and every day stores. All of these elements come together in this artwork.

Pez Dispenser refers, most immediately, to the US candy known as Pez. Pez was particularly popular in the US because of the imaginative plastic dispensers in which it was sold.

These dispensers tended to depict figures from popular culture - modern Pez dispensers have featured figures from Angry Birds. Basquiat's reference to popular culture here is, as mentioned above, typical of his work.

Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Title: Pez Dispenser
Medium: Fine Art Giclee Print
Framing: Float Mounted Behind Glass, Backed with Black Kraft Paper

Exterior Dimensions: 21.50"×21.50"

21.50" x 21.50"

18%

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Jean Jacobs Gallery

84 Main Street, New Canaan, CT CT 06840

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Saturday, 3/6, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm

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