This framed 1981 photo is from Charlie Ahearn on Blondie's ‘Rapture’ set . This photo is a print from the late 90’s. Acquired directly from the Artist Charlie Ahearn through a now defunct NYC Gallery.

Wow! "Pay for Soup/ Build a Fort" written on Set wall by Basquiat- Mythic! This Video Set is caught in a moment which lives forever! Blondie, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fab 5 Freddie, Lee Quinones, & Ingrid Sischy 1981 Downtown Royalty!

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SIZE: 50 x 40.5 cm. (19.75” x 16” inches)

Condition: Very good (It has not been taken out from frame. slight rippling seen on surface).

In the summer of 1980 Ahearn began working with Fred Braithwaite and Lee Quiñones on what was later to become a classic hip-hop feature-length film: Wild Style. The film took its name from the graffiti painting style of the same name: a style that is very symbolically described as an "energetic interlocking construction of letters with arrows and others that signify movement and direction". Wild Style premièred in 1983 in Times Square, breaking records by selling out at all screenings in the three weeks it played. The highly successful soundtrack of the film, which was composed entirely from scratch to avoid copyrights clearances, was produced by Fred Braithwaite, in collaboration with Chris Stein of chart-topping rock act Blondie. Grandmaster Theodore mixed the album and Grandmaster Caz wrote the lyrics.

"Rapture" is a song by American rock band Blondie from their fifth studio album Autoamerican (1980). Written by band members Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and produced by Mike Chapman, the song was released as the second and final single from Autoamerican on January 12, 1981, by Chrysalis Records. Musically, "Rapture" is a combination of new wave, disco and hip hop with a rap section.