Keith Haring - New Now Day Sale New York Monday, February 29, 2016 | Phillips

New Now Day Sale

New York Auction 29 February 2016 11am

  • Provenance

    Pop Shop, New York
    Rita Krauss Fine Art, New York (acquired from the above in 1989)

  • 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

Barking Dogs from Pop Shop Quad IV

1989
silkscreen on paper
13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (34.3 x 41.9 cm)
Signed, numbered and dated "40/200 K Haring 89" lower right. This work is number 40 from an edition of 200.

Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for $15,000

Contact Specialist
Rebekah Bowling
Head of Sale
New York
+ 1 212 940 1250

New Now Day Sale

New York Auction 29 February 2016 11am