Keith Haring - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale Hong Kong Saturday, May 27, 2017 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Vincent Lee Fine Art, Hong Kong
    Private Collection (acquired from the above)
    Christie's, New York, 26 September 2013, lot 79
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Munich Kunsthalle; Rotterdam Kunsthal, Keith Haring: The Political Line, 1 May 2015 - 7 February 2016, p. 104 (illustrated)

  • Catalogue Essay

    “I was learning, watching people’s reactions and interactions with the drawings and with me and looking at it as a phenomenon. Having this incredible feedback from people, which is one of the main things that kept me going so long, was the participation of the people that were watching me and the kinds of comments and questions and observations that were coming from every range of person you could imagine, from little kids to old ladies to art historians.” - Keith Haring

  • 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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Property of an Important American Collector

9

Untitled

1981
signed and dated "K. Haring SEPT 25-81" on the reverse
Sumi ink on paper
56.5 x 76.5 cm (22 1/4 x 30 1/8 in.)
Executed on 25 September 1981.

Estimate
HK$1,000,000 - 1,500,000 
€120,000-181,000
$128,000-192,000

Sold for HK$1,625,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale

Hong Kong Auction 28 May 2017