Keith Haring - Under the Influence New York Wednesday, March 4, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, New York
    artnet Auctions, June 28, 2011, lot 50176
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Catalogue Essay

    "I don’t think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it." Keith Haring, 1985

  • Artist Biography

    Keith Haring

    American • 1958 - 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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Untitled (Soap Bowl)

1984
graphite on tracing paper
9 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (24.1 x 27.3 cm)
Signed and dated "K. Haring OCT. 2 84 ©" upper right. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by The Estate of Keith Haring.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000 

Sold for $31,250

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Under the Influence

New York Auction 4 March 2015 11am