Keith Haring - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale Hong Kong Friday, October 6, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection
    artnet Auctions, New York, 4 April 2019, lot 127800
    Acquried at the above sale by the present owner

  • 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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Two works: Apocalypse

(i) signed and numbered '54/90 K.Haring' along the right edge
(i) signed and numbered '54/90 K.Haring' along the right edge

screenprint in colours on museum board
each 96.5 x 96.5 cm. (38 x 38 in.)
Executed in 1988, each work is number 54 from an edition of 90.

Estimate
HK$140,000 - 180,000 
€17,000-21,800
$17,900-23,100

Sold for HK$177,800

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

Hong Kong Auction 7 October 2023