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\u201cI don\u2019t listen to what art critics say. I don\u2019t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jean-Michel Basquiat
In This Case
1983
acrylic and oilstick on canvas
77 7\/8 x 73 \u00be in.
Price realised
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