Keith Haring - New Now London Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection
    Christie's, New York, 22 July 2015, lot 191
    Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
    Phillips, London, 26 June 2018, lot 136
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • 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

signed and dated 'K. Haring jan. 7 - '82 ⊕' on the reverse
ink on paper
32.1 x 50.8 cm (12 5/8 x 20 in.)
Executed in 1982.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 

Sold for £40,640

Contact Specialist

Charlotte Gibbs
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now
+44 20 7901 7993
CGibbs@phillips.com
 

New Now

London Auction 6 December 2023