Keith Haring - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, April 19, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Klaus Littmann p. 139

  • 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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274

The Valley: one plate (L. p. 139)

1989
Etching, on Twinrocker HMP paper, with full margins.
I. 10 x 9 in. (25.4 x 22.9 cm)
S. 14 1/8 x 12 3/4 in. (35.9 x 32.4 cm)

Signed, dated and numbered 31/80 in pencil (there were also 13 artist's proofs), published by George Mulder Fine Art, London, framed.

Estimate
$1,500 - 2,500 

Sold for $3,276

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 19 - 21 April 2022