One day Jean-Michel, Suzanne and Andy Warhol go to Balducci’s to buy caviar for a party. Jean-Michel looks like a bum. His dreadlocks are matted against one side of his face and his clothes are wrinkled and look as if he has not changed them for weeks.
Jean-Michel asks for two thousand dollars’ worth of caviar. The man behind the counter begrudgingly hands it to Jean. The security guard follows Jean-Michel to the register. He stands close behind Jean ready to arrest him. Jean-Michel never carries a wallet and he begins to take out crumpled ten and twenty-dollar bills from his pockets. The customers behind him watch in silence. It is quite a spectacle and takes a lot of time.
When Jean-Michel, Suzanne and Andy leave the store Jean-Michael says, ‘boy, did we fuck them!’ and bursts out laughing.
Clement/Basquiat
THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT 
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