Olympic track star Edwin Moses — who won gold medals in 1976 and 1984 — tells us his most treasured piece of art is a never-before-seen-in-public Jean-Michel Basquiat portrait of Moses.
“He did a picture of me and presented it to me. . .” Moses told us at the IWC and DuJour magazine bash at the W South Beach Wednesday. “It’s something that’s never been seen before. I have it locked up.”
Moses was given the portrait by the artist after meeting him in New York.
“I got it in 1985,” Moses explained. “I was at a luncheon with Jean-Michel and Andy Warhol at Mr. Chow. He said, ‘I’ll send you something in the mail tomorrow,’ and that’s what happened. That quick.”