Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of the best-known artists of his generation and is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His works are avant-garde and raw, and through a bold sense of color and composition, he maintains a delicate balance between seemingly contradictory forces such as control and spontaneity, menace and ingenuity, urban imagery and primitivism.
The combination of various media is an integral element of Basquiat's art. His paintings are often covered with text and codes of all kinds: words, letters, numbers, pictograms, logos, map symbols, diagrams, and more. He presents multi-panel paintings and single canvases with exposed frames, the surface densely covered with writing, collage, and imagery.
The Blackwing 57 is a tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat and his groundbreaking art. The number 57 is a reference to 57 Great Jones Street in New York City, where Basquiat created some of his most famous works.
Country: USA
Hardness: 4B
Barrel: Hexagonal
Eraser: Yes
The roots of Blackwing go back to the 1930s, when the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company first introduced the 602 model. Over the years, the pencil with the unique rectangular eraser became synonymous with quality.
Then, in 1998, after several corporate acquisitions, it was discontinued, but it wasn't forgotten. In fact, fans started paying up to $40 on eBay for a single Blackwing pencil.
In 2007, they introduced their range of Palomino pencils with genuine incense cedar and premium Japanese graphite.
Leveraging their more than 100 years of family experience in the pencil industry, they reintroduced Blackwing pencils in 2010.
In the years since its revival, Blackwing has gone from being a simple pencil to a culture.
You might be interested in
Recently viewed
Free shipping
Starting at €45 in Spain (Peninsula)
Do you have any questions?
Write to us via chat and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
