1983
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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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...
Screen
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 ...
Screen
Growing I
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
An iconic and highly collectible screenprint, Growing I, part of a five-print portfolio created by Keith Haring in 1988, the print is hand-signed in pencil, dated and numbered, measu...
Screen
Untitled (Free South Africa #2)
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Created by Keith Haring in 1985 as an original color lithograph, Untitled (Free South Africa #2) is hand-signed, dated and numbered in pencil, measur...
Lithograph
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...
Screen
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
Untitled, from Three Lithographs by Keith Haring, Signed, Edition 59/80, 1985
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in black and red, on BFK Rives paper. Hand signed and dated lower right by Keith Haring. Hand numbered 59/80 lower right (there were also twenty artist's proofs). Sheet...
Paper, Lithograph
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 ...
Screen
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...
Screen
Keith Haring: Into 1984/Tony Shafrazi Gallery
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Color offset lithograph. Signed and dated in felt-tip pen and pink ink, lower right. Published by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.
Color, Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring 1986 cover art (Keith Haring new school)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Illustration art 1986: Rare seldom available 1980s Keith Haring illustrated New School university catalog featuring Haring double-sided cover art and a printed signature. Quite scarce, especially in good condition as presented here. Offset printed university catalog; Soft cover; 292 pages. 8.5 x 11 inches. Very good overall vintage condition with the exception of surface creasing in a couple of areas; well-preserved with crisp colors. Printed signature on lower left ("1985 Haring"); from an edition of unknown; published 1985/1986 by the New School (New York, NY). Haring credit further appears on the lower left interior of 1st pg: 'Cover art for New School by Keith Haring.' (See the 2nd to last image in listing). Keith Haring rose to prominence in 1980s New York within the East Village art scene alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, and Jenny Holzer. He bridged the gap between the art world and the street, graffiting city subways and sidewalks before committing to a studio practice. Haring united the appeal of cartoons with the raw energy of Art Brut artists such as Jean DuBuffet as he developed a distinct pop-graffiti aesthetic that comprised energetic, boldly outlined figures against solid or patterned backdrops. His major themes included exploitation, subjugation, drug abuse, and the threat of nuclear holocaust; Haring boldly engaged with social issues, especially after receiving an AIDS diagnosis in 1987. Today, his work sells for seven figures at auction and has been the subject of solo shows at the Brooklyn Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Albertina Museum in Vienna, among other institutions. Related Categories: Keith Haring 1986. Keith Haring prints. Keith Haring cover art. Keith Haring catalog...
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