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Keith Haring
Apocalypse 8, from Apocalypse Suite (L. p. 106)
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- $6,000 - 9,000
$10,795
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Screenprint in colors, on Museum Board, with accompanying verse by William Burroughs screenprinted on acetate, the full sheets.
1988
both S. 38 x 38 in. (96.5 x 96.5 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 61/90 in pencil (there were also 20 artist's proofs and 5 hors commerce), published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York (with their and the artist's copyright inkstamps on the reverse), 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.