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While working in Annina Nosei’s basement, this artist produced a painting in which a tic-tac-toe board appears above the black outline of a head. This artist’s painting Dos Cabezas (“ka-BAY-sahs”) depicts a mentor who introduced (10[1])this artist to Bruno Bischofberger. Robert Farris Thompson claimed this artist “[dripped] letters,” such as a painting in which the words “larynx” and “Ornithology” are repeatedly (10[1])painted near a trumpeter. (10[1])This artist, who obsessed over (10[1])Gray’s Anatomy reference books as a child, created multiple untitled paintings of skulls. (10[1])This artist began using black crowns as a motif (10[2])after a departure from Al Diaz and the SAMO (“SAME-oh”) tag. In a promotion, Andy Warhol appears in boxing gloves with, for 10 points, (10[1])what Haitian-American graffiti artist based in 1980s New York? ■END■

ANSWER: Jean-Michel Basquiat (“boss-kee-AH”)
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Aum MundheRutgers ABard A3310
Eshan PantNYU AColumbia B5910
Ben SterlingYale AColumbia A6310
Austin GuoPrinceton AYale B6810
Iyanu NafiuYale CCornell C8110
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AVassar9010
Chenyao LiuPenn BPrinceton B9010
Ethan FurmanHaverfordRutgers B11310

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