Keith Haring - Evening & Day Editions New York Tuesday, October 28, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Klaus Littmann pp. 30-33

  • 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 1-5 (The Fertility Suite)

1983
The complete set of five screenprints in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins, with title page, the colors bright and fresh,
all I. 40 1/2 x 47 1/2 in. (102.9 x 120.7 cm)
all S. 42 x 50 in. (106.7 x 127 cm)

all signed, dated `83' and numbered 7/100 in pencil (there were also 15 artist's proofs), published by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, all framed.

Estimate
$120,000 - 180,000 

Sold for $173,000

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Evening & Day Editions

New York Auction 28 October 2014 11am & 5:30pm