Keith Haring - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Wednesday, November 14, 2018 | Phillips

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale,...

New York Auction 14 November 2018

  • Provenance

    Debra Arman, New York
    Acquired from the above 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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Keith Haring

Untitled

signed, inscribed and dated "K. Haring 1980 NYC ⊕" lower right
marker on wood
11 x 54 x 2 in. (27.9 x 137.2 x 5.1 cm.)
Executed in 1980, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Estate of Keith Haring.

Estimate
$70,000 - 90,000 

Sold for $100,000

Contact Specialist
Rebekah Bowling
Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
New York
+ 1 212 940 1250
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 14 November 2018