Keith Haring - A Special Private Collection New York Saturday, February 12, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York; André Emmerich Gallery, New York; Private collection (acquired from the above)

  • 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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Spaceship with Ray, Aug. 29,

1980
Ink, enamel and spraypaint on paperboard.
48 x 45 1/2 in. (121.9 x 115.6 cm).

A Special Private Collection

22 Dec - 12 Feb
New York