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  • The dedication and original sketch in the Tony Shafrazi Gallery exhibition catalogue of 1982 is written 'for Patrick'. Patrick Fussell was an Englishman who the consignor grew up with in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, and first boyfriend. Patrick (an his partner Craig) lived and owned a store called 'Empire Blues' at 325 Broome Street in New York. Keith and Juan Dubose lived upstairs. They were friends and neighbors. In the basement of the Broome Street building, Keith had painted a frieze of iconic work all the way around the top of those walls. Patrick was also a photographer and supplier of many of the props for High Times magazine. When Prince Charles and Diana Spencer married in July 1981, Keith watched the ceremony on TV in Patrick's apartment.

    • Provenance

      Gift of the artist
      Private East Coast Collection

    • 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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Catalogue Dedication

1982
Ink drawing, on pink spiral-bound paper catalogue for the exhibition Keith Haring, at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, October 9 - November 13, 1982.
drawing 9 x 9 1/8 in. (22.9 x 23.2 cm)
catalogue 9 x 9 3/4 x 7/8 in. (22.9 x 24.8 x 2.2 cm)

Signed, dated and dedicated 'For Patrick - Love, Keith 82' in black ink, with the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity issued by the Estate of Keith Haring.

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Estimate
$6,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $24,130

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New York Auction 21 June 2023