Dustheads
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Dustheads is a vibrant 1982 neo-expressionist painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, celebrated for its frenetic energy, bold colors, and depiction of figures associated with New York’s downtown street culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dustheads canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1658084 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dustheads Context triple: [Jean-Michel Basquiat, notableWork, Dustheads]
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A.
Dust
Dust was an early 1970s American hard rock and proto–heavy metal band known for featuring future Ramones drummer Marky Ramone (then Marc Bell).
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B.
Dust a Sound Boy
"Dust a Sound Boy" is a reggae/dancehall-influenced track best known for its sampled use in the song "Mercy."
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C.
St. Lunatics
St. Lunatics is a hip hop group from St. Louis, Missouri, best known for launching the career of rapper Nelly and for their early-2000s chart successes.
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D.
Baghead
Baghead is a 2008 indie horror-comedy film about struggling filmmakers who retreat to a cabin in the woods to write a screenplay, only to encounter a mysterious figure with a bag over their head.
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E.
Mudcrutch
Mudcrutch was an American rock band best known as Tom Petty’s pre-Heartbreakers group, blending country rock and Southern rock influences in the early 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dustheads Target entity description: Dustheads is a vibrant 1982 neo-expressionist painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, celebrated for its frenetic energy, bold colors, and depiction of figures associated with New York’s downtown street culture.
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A.
Dust
Dust was an early 1970s American hard rock and proto–heavy metal band known for featuring future Ramones drummer Marky Ramone (then Marc Bell).
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B.
Dust a Sound Boy
"Dust a Sound Boy" is a reggae/dancehall-influenced track best known for its sampled use in the song "Mercy."
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C.
St. Lunatics
St. Lunatics is a hip hop group from St. Louis, Missouri, best known for launching the career of rapper Nelly and for their early-2000s chart successes.
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D.
Baghead
Baghead is a 2008 indie horror-comedy film about struggling filmmakers who retreat to a cabin in the woods to write a screenplay, only to encounter a mysterious figure with a bag over their head.
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E.
Mudcrutch
Mudcrutch was an American rock band best known as Tom Petty’s pre-Heartbreakers group, blending country rock and Southern rock influences in the early 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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work of art ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important example of Basquiat's early mature style
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key work of 1980s Neo-Expressionism ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
blacks
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intense reds ⓘ vivid contrasts ⓘ yellows ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| creator | Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ |
| creatorBirthPlace | New York City ⓘ |
| creatorMovement |
Neo-Expressionism
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street art ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
New York downtown street culture
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drug users ⓘ figures ⓘ |
| genre | Neo-Expressionism ⓘ |
| hasColorCharacteristic | bold colors ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
1980s New York art scene
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downtown Manhattan subculture ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
abstracted figures
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expressive brushwork ⓘ frenetic energy ⓘ graffiti-inspired imagery ⓘ vibrant composition ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
drug culture
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marginalized communities ⓘ psychological intensity ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| inception | 1982 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| location | private collection ⓘ |
| mainSubject | two figures ⓘ |
| medium |
acrylic
ⓘ
oilstick ⓘ spray paint ⓘ |
| movement | Neo-Expressionism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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surface form:
Jean-Michel Basquiat oeuvre
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| recordSet | one of the highest auction prices for a Basquiat painting at the time of sale ⓘ |
| soldAt |
Christie’s
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surface form:
Christie's
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| soldAtAuction | yes ⓘ |
| soldIn |
2013
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New York City ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| title | Dustheads self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dustheads Description of subject: Dustheads is a vibrant 1982 neo-expressionist painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, celebrated for its frenetic energy, bold colors, and depiction of figures associated with New York’s downtown street culture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jean-Michel Basquiat