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Keith Haring
Pyramid
- Estimate
- $120,000 - 180,000
$245,000
Lot Details
anodized aluminum
30 1/2 x 57 x 57 in. (77.5 x 144.8 x 144.8 cm)
Incised with the artist's signature, dated and number "Keith Haring 89 11/15" on the underside. This work is number 11 from an edition of 15. This work is accompanied by a letter from Schellmann Art at Lara Cocken indicating the edition number.
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Catalogue Essay
"Art is nothing if you don't reach every segment of the people."
Keith Haring
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.