A Pile of Crowns for Jean-Michel Basquiat is a 1988 painting created by American artist Keith Haring.

He became immersed in the art scene of the East Village and befriended Brooklyn native Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Before becoming a leading artist in the neo-expressionism movement, Basquiat started out doing street art in lower Manhattan as SAMO.

[5] A Pile of Crowns for Jean-Michel Basquiat was painted on a triangular canvas, like a warning sign, edged with a red outline.

Haring used the triangle style motif in his limited edition screenprint run Silence = Death released in 1989 which aimed to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the time.