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Jean-Michel Basquiat's Dad Leaves Behind Son's Art, and Tax Problem
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BOERUM HILL — The father of art phenom Jean-Michel Basquiat died this summer, leaving behind a treasure trove of his late son’s work — and an ongoing IRS audit that has frozen any movement on the pricey paintings, DNAinfo New York has learned.
Gerard Basquiat passed away at 77 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on July 7.
A will filed Aug.
13 in Brooklyn Surrogate's Court showed that he had an estimated $45 million estate, one largely composed of valuable art by his son.
The will does not itemize each piece of art in the collection, but offers tantalizing glimpses.
Gerard instructs in the will that his daughter Lisane Basquiat receive his painting of Jean-Michel by pop artist Andy Warhol.
The father left his other daughter, Jeanine Heriveaux, a portrait of himself that Warhol also painted.
Gerard's longtime companion, Nora Fitz