Basquiat Bird on Money 500-Piece Book Puzzle, Galison
Jean-Michel Basquiat, the New York painter who in the early 1980s crossed from street art into major galleries, held deep admiration for Charlie Parker, the legendary saxophonist who pioneered bebop and was known to all as “Bird”. In 1981, the pivotal year of that transition, Basquiat painted Bird on Money, the first of several tributes dedicated to his hero.
Across the canvas, a black and blue bird—the yardbird that gave Parker his nickname—emerges amidst repeating arrows, words, and raw symbolic marks. Jazz was an inseparable presence in Basquiat's practice: he painted with records spinning continuously in his studio and referenced jazz across more than thirty works.
Produced by Galison, the New York house bringing museum art to paper since 1979, this 500-piece puzzle is housed in a magnetic book-shaped keepsake box designed to rest seamlessly on a bookshelf. Made with 90% recycled cardboard and non-toxic soy-based inks. For anyone drawn to Basquiat through art, jazz, or both.
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