Keith Haring - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, October 17, 2017 | Phillips

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 17 October 2017

  • Literature

    Klaus Littmann pp. 102 and 106

  • 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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Keith Haring

Apocalypse 3; 4; and 8

1988
Three screenprints in colors, on wove paper, the full sheets.
all S. 37 7/8 x 38 in. (96.2 x 96.5 cm)
All signed, dated and numbered 59/90, 31/90 and 31/90 respectively in pencil (there were also 20 artist's proofs and 5 hors commerce), published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York (with their and the artist's copyright inkstamp on the reverse), all framed.

Estimate
$9,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $13,750

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 17 October 2017