Keith Haring - Contemporary Art Day Sale London Monday, February 10, 2014 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection Switzerland

  • Exhibited

    New York, Woodward Gallery, Keith Haring, 12 September - 30 October 2009
    Hong Kong, Valmorbida & Co., Keith Haring, exhibition 23 May - 12 June, 2013

  • 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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151

Angels and Coyotes

1982
chalk on black paper
114.8 x 72.5 cm. (45 1/4 x 28 1/2 in.)

Estimate
£30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for £50,000

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
hhighley@phillips.com
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Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Day Sale 11 February 2014 2pm