A Gift from Jean-Michel Basquiat: Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails, 1986


Jean-Michel Basquiat, Winter 1980-81, photograph by Bobby Grossman. On a day off from the production of Downtown 81, Bobby Grossman invited Jean-Michel Basquiat to meet at the popular downtown restaurant, Kiev. Grossman photographed the artist at Mulberry and Bleecker Streets in front of his SAMO© graffiti. 

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1. Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

    Dedication page with signature and date 

   “TO RANDY / FOR THE BEST / BARTENDER IN N.Y. /  Jean-Michel Basquiat

     signature / 1986   

    / HARRY’S IS THE / BEST BAR IN / PARIS (MAYBE / WHOLE / THE FREE /

    WORLD"

    Graphite pencil on paper (endpaper)

    6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

    Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

1. Jean-Michel Basquiat 

    Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

    Dedication page with signature and date 

   “TO RANDY / FOR THE BEST / BARTENDER IN N.Y. /  Jean-Michel Basquiat signature / 1986   

    / HARRY’S IS THE / BEST BAR IN / PARIS (MAYBE / WHOLE / THE FREE / WORLD"

    Graphite pencil on paper (endpaper) 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

2. Jean-Michel Basquiat 

    Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

    Frontispiece with drawing

    "STOP PRINT / X / START PRINT"

    Colored pencil on printed paper

    6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

3. Jean-Michel Basquiat 

    Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

    Title page with drawing

    “0 3 2 1 0” 

    Colored pencil on printed paper

    6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

    Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

2. Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

    Frontispiece with drawing

    "STOP PRINT / X / START PRINT"

    Colored pencil on printed paper

    6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

    Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

3. Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

    Title page with drawing

    “0 3 2 1 0” 

    Colored pencil on printed paper

    6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

    Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

4. Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

     Page 90

     Figure with banana / Cyrillic text 

     Colored pencil on printed paper

     6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

     Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

5. Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

    Page 91

    “GLASS NOSE"

     Graphite pencil and colored pencil on printed paper

     6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

     Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

5. Jean-Michel Basquiat 

    Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

    Page 91

    “   GLASS NOSE   "

     Graphite pencil and colored pencil on printed paper

     6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

     Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

6. Jean-Michel Basquiat 

   Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

   Page 93

   “EROICA / EROICA / EROICA / EROICA / EROICA / EROICA” 

   Graphite pencil on printed paper

   6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

   Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

6. Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

   Page 93

   “EROICA / EROICA / EROICA / EROICA / EROICA / EROICA” 

   Graphite pencil on printed paper

   6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

   Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

7. Untitled (Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails), 1986

   Page 95

   “ HONER / H "

   Graphite pencil on printed paper

   6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (15.9 x 8.2 cm) 

   Framed dimensions: 14 3/16 x 11 3 /16 in (36 x 28.4 cm) 

8. Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails: More than 300 Famous Cocktails

    Harry MacElhone, with new material by Andrew MacElhone 

    Souvenir Press Ltd, London, 1986 

    Hardcover with original red cloth, illustrated dustjacket in two parts

    6 ½ x 3 ½ in. (16.5 x 8.9 cm) 

    Seven pages removed as described above and individually framed. 

    Endpapers and ca. 88 pages, including alphabetized cocktail recipes

    Note: “International Bar-flies” endpaper with illustration and page 27 include black   

    pencil indications by the artist. 

    ISBN 0 285 62772 4

    Photoset and printed in Great Britain by WBC Print Ltd, Bristol