Keith Haring - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Tuesday, November 10, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

  • Literature

    P. Schmelzer, "Graffiti on the Concourse: Keith Haring’s 1984 Walker Mural," Walker Art Magazine, March 30, 2012 (photograph of the artist drawing the present lot)

  • 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

1984
felt-tip pen on paper
12 x 9 1/8 in. (30.5 x 23.2 cm)
Signed and dated "K. Haring 84" lower left.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for $25,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York Auction 10 November 2015 11am