Property from an Important American Private Collection
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Keith Haring
Untitled
- Estimate
- $2,800,000 - 3,500,000
$3,206,000
Lot Details
vinyl paint on vinyl tarpaulin with metal grommets
signed and dated '"JANUARY 1983 K. Haring ⨁" on the reverse
120 x 120 in. (304.8 x 304.8 cm)
Executed in 1983, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Estate of Keith Haring.
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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.