Keith Haring - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Europe
    Private Collection, Europe (thence by descent from the above)
    Christie's, London, October 7, 2017, lot 277
    Acquired 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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197

Untitled (Elvis Presley)

signed "K Haring" on the reverse
sumi ink on printed paper
38 1/2 x 27 7/8 in. (97.8 x 70.8 cm)
Executed on July 2, 1981.

Estimate
$150,000 - 200,000 

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023