A street graffiti artist who became a shooting star in the 1980s art world, the enigmatic Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 – 1988) reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci’s classic work in his own “Mona Lisa.” This piece displays Basquiat's broad strokes of acrylic paint with oil stick drawing and writing. It is regarded as his response to “Dollar Bill” and “Mona Lisa" by Andy Warhol, with whom he often collaborated. Known for his legendary spending sprees, Basquiat appears to combine the two very different realms of art and money into one image. Although Basquiat loved money, this painting reveals that his ultimate faith lay in art.

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