Blade, Vincent Vlasblom
Letters to the Bo$$
The King of Graffiti
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Forty years of friendship between a New York graffiti king and his Dutch dealer — told in letters, photographs and artwork.
Inside the book
Pages, plates and photography from four decades of Blade's work.
The work
Canvases and murals from the collection at the heart of the book.
About
Blade
Steven Ogburn, known worldwide as Blade, is one of the founding figures of New York subway graffiti. From 1972 onwards he painted more than 5,000 trains, inventing styles, characters and letterforms that shaped everything that came after — earning him the title King of Graffiti.
Vincent Vlasblom, "the Bo$$", met Blade in the Netherlands and represented him for over forty years, building one of the most complete private collections of his work. Their correspondence and friendship form the backbone of this book.