Keith Haring - Evening & Day Editions London Thursday, September 10, 2020 | Phillips

Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 10 September 2020

  • Literature

    Klaus Littmann pp. 76-77

  • 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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Keith Haring

Lucky Strike: one plate

1987
Screenprint in colours, on wove paper, with full margins.
I. 28.7 x 19.9 cm (11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
S. 29.7 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Signed, dated and numbered 4/30 in pencil (there were also 6 artist's proofs), published by B.A.T. Suisse SA, Geneva, framed.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for £12,500

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 10 September 2020