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Every cold poster is made to order and printed in the USA on heavyweight matte paper · rich, true-to-cover color with no glare or cheap gloss.
Choose it unframed (it ships rolled in a rigid tube, ready for any standard off-the-shelf frame) or framed. Framed orders arrive with your print already mounted behind a shatterproof front and hanging hardware included · ready to hang out of the box.
Four sizes, all in inches so they fit standard US frames: 11×14, 16×20, 18×24 and 24×36.
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Every cold poster is made to order and printed in the USA on heavyweight matte paper · rich, true-to-cover color with no glare or cheap gloss.
Choose it unframed (it ships rolled in a rigid tube, ready for any standard off-the-shelf frame) or framed. Framed orders arrive with your print already mounted behind a shatterproof front and hanging hardware included · ready to hang out of the box.
Four sizes, all in inches so they fit standard US frames: 11×14, 16×20, 18×24 and 24×36.
Posters you'll actually want on your wall.
- Made to order & printed in the USA
- Heavyweight matte paper, true-to-cover color
- Tracked delivery on every order
- Framed or unframed, four inch sizes
- Original designs · not mass-printed stock
What are the shipping costs?
Shipping is a small flat fee (from $4.90) and becomes FREE once your order reaches the free-shipping threshold ($39). The exact cost is always shown in your cart before you pay.
When will my order ship?
Every poster is made to order and printed in the USA, then shipped fast · usually within a few business days. You'll get a tracking link in your shipping confirmation so you can follow it to your door.
Returns & damage
Not happy? You have 14 days to return it. Arrived damaged in transit? Send us a photo and we'll reprint and reship it free · no return needed.
Questions?
Anything not covered here, just reach us at [email protected].
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1 · Unbox & unroll
Lay the print flat for a few hours so it relaxes before you hang or frame it.
2 · Hang it
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3 · Care
Keep it out of direct sunlight and dust the surface gently with a dry, soft cloth.
The short answer
What is the Jean-Michel Basquiat Ornithology poster?
This poster reproduces the visual language of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the New York artist known for raw graffiti-style paintings that mix text, drawing and jazz references. The composition puts his name and the word BASQUIAT in bold blue and red spray-paint lettering across the top. Below, sketched figures of jazz musicians, a saxophone player and a trumpet player, sit among handwritten words like ORNITHOLOGY, DIZZY GILLESPIE and CHARLIE PARKER on a black ground. It is a tribute to bebop and to the street art style Basquiat helped define.
Printed on heavyweight matte paper, made to order in the USA, available unframed or in a black or white frame in 11x14, 16x20, 18x24 and 24x36 inches.
- Subject
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Title
- Ornithology
- Style
- Neo-expressionist graffiti
- Palette
- Black, red, blue, yellow, white
- Theme
- Jazz and bebop
The story behind the cover
Why Basquiat still hangs on walls
Jean-Michel Basquiat rose out of the downtown New York scene and turned graffiti, scrawled text and raw figurative drawing into serious painting. Fans return to his work for its energy, its honesty and its refusal to tidy up. Jazz runs through much of it, and the names of musicians often appear as signposts in the work.
This print carries that spirit. Spray-painted blue and red letters cut across a dark field of sketched saxophone and trumpet players, with handwritten words scattered between them. On a wall it reads like a page torn from a sketchbook, loud at a distance and full of small details up close.
Why this Jean-Michel Basquiat Ornithology print stands out
Why this print works on your wall
The colors are strong enough to anchor a room, and the dark background makes the red and blue lettering pop from across the space.
- ✓Heavyweight matte paper that keeps the spray-paint texture crisp
- ✓Printed to order in the USA
- ✓Sizes from 11x14 to 24x36 inches, unframed or framed
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In short
A bold street art poster built on Jean-Michel Basquiat's graffiti style and his jazz references. Red and blue lettering sits over sketched musicians on a black ground, printed to order in the USA.
- Jean-Michel Basquiat graffiti and jazz artwork
- Heavyweight matte paper, printed in the USA
- 11x14 to 24x36 inches, unframed or framed
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All posters follow the ISO A series, so they fit any standard off-the-shelf frame. Printed edge to edge, with no white border.
| Size | Centimetres | Inches (US) | Millimetres (UK/AU) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11×14 in | 21 × 29.7 cm | 8.3 × 11.7" | 210 × 297 mm |
| 16×20 in | 29.7 × 42 cm | 11.7 × 16.5" | 297 × 420 mm |
| 18×24 in | 42 × 59.4 cm | 16.5 × 23.4" | 420 × 594 mm |
| 24×36 in | 59.4 × 84.1 cm | 23.4 × 33.1" | 594 × 841 mm |
How each size reads on a wall
A2 and A1 work best above a sofa or a bed.
About our frames
Unframed
Ships rolled in a rigid tube, ready for any standard off-the-shelf frame.
Black, aluminium
Anodised aluminium profile with a plexiglass front. Light, impact-resistant and it will not warp or yellow over the years.
Chrome, aluminium
Same aluminium build in a polished chrome finish, with plexiglass glazing for lightness and longevity.
Every frame ships assembled with the print already mounted, plus hanging hardware.