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Keith Haring
Best Buddies, from Pop Shop l
- Estimate
- $4,000 - 6,000
$9,375
Lot Details
Screenprint in colors, on Conventry rag paper, with full margins.
1987
I. 10 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. (26.7 x 34.3 cm)
S. 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm)
S. 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm)
Inscribed 'Merry Christmas Alex and Jackie 1987 Love, Keith' in black ink (one of an unknown number of cards personally inscribed, the edition was 200 and 20 artist's proofs), published by the artist, framed.
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Keith Haring
American | B. 1958 D. 1990Haring'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.
Browse ArtistThroughout 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.