Keith Haring - Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, February 17, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    André Emmerich Gallery Inc., New York; Private Collection, Portugal

  • Exhibited

    New York, André Emmerich Gallery Inc., Keith Haring: Sculpture and Drawings, 1997

  • Literature

    R. Pincus-Witten, J. Deitch & D.Shapiro, Keith Haring, New York, 1982, p. 105 (illustrated)

  • 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 (Smile Boy)

1981
Ink on paper.
55.9 × 76.2 cm (22 × 30 in).
Signed and dated ‘K.Haring Sept 27-81’ on the reverse.

Estimate
£30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for £37,250

Contemporary Art Day Sale

18 Feb 2011
London