Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Portrait of A-One A.K.A. King"

Jean-Michel Basquiat crowns a king in this portrait of friend and fellow street artist Anthony Clarke. Executed during Basquiat's meteoric rise to fame in 1982, Portrait of A-One A.K.A. King exemplifies the gestural, painterly prowess and distinctive iconography that denoted the peak of his career.

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