Keith Haring - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, June 11, 2014 | Phillips

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  • 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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Pyramid

1989
Anodized aluminium plate in blue and yellow,
103 x 145 cm (40 1/2 x 57 1/8 in.)
incised signature, dated '89' and numbered 12/30 on the reverse (there were also 6 artist's proofs), published by Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for £43,750

Contact Specialist
Robert Kennan
Editions, London
rkennan@phillips.com
+44 207 318 4075

Evening & Day Editions

London Auctions 12 June 2014 2pm & 6pm