Keith Haring - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Pop Shop, New York
    Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1988

  • Literature

    Klaus Littmann p. 92

  • 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 (Dr. Winkie Wedding Invitation) (L. p. 92)

1988
Screenprint in colours, on unstretched canvas.
I. 13.9 x 14.4 cm (5 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.)
S. 19.7 x 18.5 cm (7 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)

Signed, dated and numbered 20/125 in black felt-tip pen (faded) (Littmann calls for an edition of 20), produced for the marriage of Estefania Kong to Lawrence "Dr. Winkie" Lin, San Francisco, framed.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for £6,350

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 7 - 8 June 2023