Keith Haring - Editions & Works on Paper New York Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | Phillips

Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 19-21 October 2021

  • Provenance

    Acquired in 1982

  • Literature

    see Klaus Littman p. 20

  • 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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Property from a Private New York Collection

101

Keith Haring

Untitled 1-6: one plate (L. p. 20)

1982
Lithograph, on wove paper, with full margins.
I. 22 1/2 x 32 7/8 in. (57.2 x 83.5 cm)
S. 25 x 36 1/8 in. (63.5 x 91.8 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 11/40 in red pencil (there were also 8 artist's proofs), published by Barbara Gladstone Editions, New York, framed.

Estimate
$15,000 - 25,000 

Sold for $42,840

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Editions & Works on Paper

New York Auction 19-21 October 2021