Keith Haring - Modern & Contemporary Editions New York Sunday, November 21, 2010 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    A gift from the artist with accompanying hand-written letter

  • Literature

    Klaus Littmann p. 28

  • 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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Untitled

1983
Woodcut in colors, on Japanese paper, with full margins,
I. 19 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. (48.9 x 64.5 cm);
S. 23 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. (60.3 x 75.6 cm)

signed twice, dated `83' and `88', inscribed `for Victoria + Albert Thanks-' and numbered 9/60 in pencil, occasional minor creasing (primarily in the margins), pale mat staining in the upper and lower margins, otherwise in very good condition, framed.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $11,250

Modern & Contemporary Editions

21 Nov 2010
New York