Keith Haring - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Wednesday, October 5, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the subway by the present owner in 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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It's Not a Laptop

chalk on paper
76.2 x 105.4 cm (30 x 41 1/2 in.)
Executed in 1985.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for £22,500

Contact Specialist
Tamila Kerimova
+ 44 20 7318 4065

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 6 October 2016