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Keith Haring
Chocolate Buddah: four prints
- Estimate
- $12,000 - 18,000
$27,500
Lot Details
Four lithographs in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins,
1989
24 x 29 3/4 in. (61 x 75.6 cm)
all signed, dated `89' and numbered 2/90 in pencil on each page and the colophon, annotated `For Lisa with love - xxx Keith 1989' in pencil on the title page (there were also 15 artist's proofs), published by Editions F.B., Paris, all contained in the original cardboard portfolio.
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Keith Haring
American | B. 1958 D. 1990Haring'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.
Browse ArtistThroughout 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.