He had his first individual American exhibition at the Annina Nosei Gallery in New York, and he became the youngest artist ever to take part in documenta in Kassel.

[4][3] Basquiat painted Warrior on a wooden panel in his studio in the basement of the Annina Nosei Gallery.

The painting depicts a commanding gladiator brandishing a sword, representing the eponymous warrior, on a backdrop of yellow and blue patches.

Warrior first appeared in an exhibition of his work at the Akira Ikeda Gallery in Tokyo in 1983.

[5] In 2012, German-American real estate developer and art collector Aby Rosen purchased the painting for $8.7 million at Sotheby's.