Michelle Rosenfeld v. Gerard Basquiat, as Administrator of the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s short-lived career left a lasting impression on the art world. A so-called neo-expressionist, he was remarkable in his precocious talent, his prolificacy, and his eccentricity. His rapid rise to fame and premature death at age 27 left a number of mysteries. One of them, which is the subject of this appeal, is whether Basquiat contracted to sell three of his paintings to Michelle Rosenfeld, an art dealer and plaintiff in the instant action. These artworks that Rosenfeld alleges she contracted to buy were entitled “Separation of the ‘K’ ”…