1988
Keith Haring began experimenting with his bold, graphic lines and cartoon-inspired figures on the walls of New York City subway stations in the early 1980s. He called them his “laboratory,” places to develop a radical new aesthetic based on an ideology of creating truly democratic public art.
Haring’s paintings, prints and murals address the universal themes of death, love and sex, as well as contemporary issues he experienced personally, like the crack-cocaine and AIDS epidemics. They derive much of their impact from the powerful contrast between these serious subjects and the joyful, vibrant pictographic language he uses to express them, full of dancing figures, babies, barking dogs, hearts and rhythmic lines, as well as references to pop culture.
To make his art even more accessible, in 1986, Haring opened the Pop Shop in Soho. In a foreshadowing of today’s intermingling of art and fashion, the shop sold merchandise and novelty items featuring imagery by Haring and contemporaries like Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat. While his works sometimes included text, for the most part, he chose to communicate through drawing.
“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times,” Haring once declared. “It lives through magic.”
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Growing II
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Iconic imagery with a playful content, either consciously or unconsciously influenced by indigenous art, Keith Haring’s Growing II is a brilliant ...
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Untitled
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Created by Keith Haring as a color lithograph on BFK Rives paper, Untitled, 1986 is hand-signed, dated, and numbered in pencil. Measuring 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81 cm.), unframed, this pr...
Lithograph
Untitled
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Created by Keith Haring in 1985 as an original screenprint in colors, Untitled, 1985 is hand-signed, dated and numbered in pencil, measuring 23 ½ x 31 ½ in. (60 x 80 cm), unframed, f...
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Pop Shop I (B)
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
An early and iconic screenprint by the artist created in 1987, Keith Haring’s, Pop Shop I (B) is an original color screenprint measuring 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x...
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Pop Shop I (D)
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Created by Keith Haring in 1987, Pop Shop I (Plate D) is an original color screenprint measuring 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm), unframed. The artwork is han...
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Pop Shop II (D)
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
From the second Pop Shop suite of four prints created by Keith Haring in 1988, Pop Shop II (Plate D) is a fun and highly collectible color screenprint measuring 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 3...
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Growing (1), Screen Print by Keith Haring, Pop Art, Signed, 21/100, 1988
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board. Hand signed, dated and numbered by Keith Haring. Image size 38.75 x 28.5 inches. Edition 21/100 (there were also 15 artist's proofs). P...
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Pop Shop IV (C)
By Keith Haring
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Keith Haring Pop Shop IV (C) 1989 Screenprint 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. Edition of 200 Pencil signed, dated, and numbered Condition: ...
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Double Man
By Keith Haring
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Keith Haring Title: Double Man Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm) Medium: Lithograph in colors on wove paper Edition: 34 of 85 Year: 1986 Notes: S...
Lithograph
Untitled
By Keith Haring
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Keith Haring Title: Untitled (Plate 1) Size: 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm) Medium: Lithograph of Arches Paper Edition: 23 of 40 Year: 1982 Notes: From a suite of six prints. S...
Lithograph
Growing (Plate 3), from the Growing Portfolio
By Keith Haring
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Keith Haring Title: Growing (Plate 3), from the Growing Portfolio Size: 40 x 30 Inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Medium: Screenprint in colors, on Lenox Museum Board, with full mar...
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Growing (Plate 4), from the Growing Portfolio, 1988
By Keith Haring
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Keith Haring Growing (Plate 4), 1988 Vibrant, energetic, and instantly recognizable, Growing (Plate 4) exemplifies Keith Haring’s iconic visual ...
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