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Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) street-graffiti oil on canvas, with use of artist pseudonym "SAMO" in art, marked on back "Brooklyn Routine FlyBall Samo Lives © JMB 1983 (SAMO) Gallery Red: Private Collection Dot Dot New York Brooklyn Bridge In The Bus Yankees Win The World Series, 1983 Jean Michel Basquiat Just Listen To The Radio © TM (SAMO)", " X ", 21.5" X 29.5". Bio from AskArt: "Noted for his graffiti street paintings under the name pseudonym 'SAMO', Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn. His father was Haitian-born Gerard Basquiat. His mother, Matilde Andradas, had been born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. He had two sisters (born in 1963 and 1966) also born in Brooklyn. When only a small boy, Basquiat began drawing, inspired by the cartoons and Hitchcock films he watched on television. He also loved to read comic books and Mad Magazine, with its Alfred E. Neuman character. His mother encouraged this interest in art, and when he was only seven he produced a children's book with a friend, Mark Prozzo. When only eight, Basquiat was hit by a car while he played in the street, requiring him to spend a month in the hospital. During this time his mother gave him a copy of the book, Gray's Anatomy, the influence of which was to later show up in his artwork as well as the name of a band he co-founded in 1979, called Gray."
