Provenance
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, 17 May 2007, lot 400
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 2015, lot 230
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea; Malmö Konsthall; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Madrid, Fundacion "la Caixa," Keith Haring, February 1994 - July 1995, cat. no. 88, p. 154, (illustrated)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Keith Haring, June - September 1997, p. 184 (illustrated)
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Keith Haring, The Political Line, 19 April - 18 August 2013, no. 169, p. 246 (illustrated)
Literature
Germano Celant, Keith Haring, Munich, 1992, pl. 74 (illustrated)
Artist Biography
Keith Haring
American • 1958 - 1990
Haring'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.
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Keith Haring

Untitled

signed and dated 'AUGUST 12 1985 K. Haring' on the overlap
acrylic on canvas
121.9 x 121.9 cm (47 7/8 x 47 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1985.

Estimate
HK$6,975,600 - 6,975,600
€765,000-765,000
$894,000-894,000

Keith Haring: Falling UP

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Keith Haring
Red-Yellow-Blue #2
Estimate HK$7,766,400 - 7,766,400
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Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate HK$12,555,600 - 12,555,600
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Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate HK$6,975,600 - 6,975,600
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Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate HK$11,625,600 - 11,625,600
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Keith Haring
The Acrobats
Estimate HK$4,650,000 - 4,650,000
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Keith Haring
Lily Overstreet - Female
Estimate HK$3,270,000 - 3,270,000
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Keith Haring
RED-YELLOW-BLUE #6 (PORTRAIT OF TERESA)
Estimate HK$3,255,600 - 3,255,600
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Keith Haring
Untitled (Beast)
Estimate HK$2,325,600 - 2,325,600
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Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate HK$2,325,600 - 2,325,600
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Keith Haring
The Fertility Suite
Estimate HK$2,325,600 - 2,325,600
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Keith Haring
Meatloaf Drawing for Meals on Wheels
Estimate HK$1,674,000 - 1,674,000
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Keith Haring
Chute
Estimate HK$1,395,600 - 1,395,600
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Keith Haring
Untitled
Estimate HK$781,200 - 781,200
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Keith Haring
Untitled (Do not bend!)
Estimate HK$465,600 - 465,600
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Keith Haring
Knokke
Estimate HK$93,000 - 93,000
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Keith Haring
Memorabilia
Estimate HK$232,560 - 232,560
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Keith Haring: Falling UP

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