New York Beat: Jean-Michel Basquiat in Downtown 81

Tokyo: Petit Grand Publishing, Inc., 2001. Minor abrasion to papered boards, as typical, else a near fine copy in fine jacket, with publisher's printed obi.. First edition. Quarto. This copy INSCRIBED by Glenn O'Brien to half-title page. Handsome publication documenting the production of Downtown 81, director Edo Bertoglio's vibrant depiction of New York's Downtown scene, featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat as semi-biographical protagonist. With text by Glenn O'Brien and photographs by Bertoglio and Fiorucci stylist Maripol. Verso of jacket forms a striking vertical poster featuring Basquiat's portrait. Contents: 112 pages; illustrated throughout after photographs, mostly color. Text in both English and Japanese.