Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988). Title: "Max Roach [announcement (handbill)]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1984. Printed 1985. Dimensions: Overall size: 10 7/16 x 10 5/8 in. (265 x 270 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, center right. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Wove paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine impression. Very good condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Comment(s): Rare. No auction records located. Issued for Basquiat’s one-artist exhibition which ran from January 19th to February 16th, 1985 at Gallery Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland. Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer. A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history. Image copyright © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris; ARS, New York. [28998-2-600]