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Keith Haring
The Bayer Suite
- Estimate
- $8,000 - 12,000
$20,160
Lot Details
The complete set of six offset lithographs in colors, on light transparent paper, the full sheets.
1982
all S. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (29.8 x 24.1 cm)
Signed in the plate, from the unsigned edition of 70, there were approximately 5 signed sets (not in Littmann), published by Bayer AG on the occasion of the release of the medication Sali-Adalat, all framed.
Specialist
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.