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Keith Haring

The Story of Red and Blue, PI.8 (L. p. 132)

Estimate
HK$15,000 - 25,000
€1,700 - 2,800
$1,900 - 3,200
HK$21,930
Lot Details
Lithograph in colours, on lightweight wove paper, the full sheet.
1990
S. 56 x 42 cm (22 x 16 1/2 in.)
With printed signature and date in silver on the front, signed and dated '6/14/90' in pencil by Julia Gruen (Executor for the Keith Haring Estate) and numbered '70/90 - VII' in pencil on a printed Certificate of Authenticity on the reverse (there were also 10 artist's proofs in Roman numerals), published by the Keith Haring Estate, New York, framed.

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Keith Haring

American | B. 1958 D. 1990
Haring's art and life typified youthful exuberance and fearlessness. While seemingly playful and transparent, Haring dealt with weighty subjects such as death, sex and war, enabling subtle and multiple interpretations. 

Throughout his tragically brief career, Haring refined a visual language of symbols, which he called icons, the origins of which began with his trademark linear style scrawled in white chalk on the black unused advertising spaces in subway stations. Haring developed and disseminated these icons far and wide, in his vibrant and dynamic style, from public murals and paintings to t-shirts and Swatch watches. His art bridged high and low, erasing the distinctions between rarefied art, political activism and popular culture. 
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