An Unfiltered Archive of a Legend

Lee Jaffe archives the magnetism of Jean-Michel Basquiat through an intimate lens, documenting their shared trajectory through Japan, Thailand, and Switzerland in 1983. This volume functions as a raw visual ledger of a generational icon, capturing the unedited ambition and creative energy of the 1980s New York underground.

• Lee Jaffe / Franklin Sirmans / J. Faith Almiron
• Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossroads
• Hardcover illustrated volume
• Snapshots and private anecdotes from 1983 global travels
• Featuring behind-the-scenes documentation of Basquiat’s process in St. Moritz