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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Vintage Keith Haring poster advertisement 1984
By Keith Haring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Keith Haring newsprint poster 1984: Rare vintage 1984 Keith Haring news print poster measuring approximately 11x17 inches. A standout original 1980s Keith Haring collectible which is...
Paper
$3,600
H 29 in W 23 in
Keith Haring Fun Gallery exhibition poster 1983 (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Fun Gallery 1983: Original 1983 Keith Haring illustrated exhibition poster published on the occasion of Haring's historic 1983 show at the Fun Gallery in the East Village. A classic array of early Haring imagery that reveals red and black interlocking figures. A rare example in very good overall vintage condition. Offset lithograph in colors on smooth wove paper. 23 x 29 inches. Only some minor signs of handling; in otherwise very good overall vintage condition with strong colors; one of the better examples we've come across. Stored away from light; never mounted or framed. Unsigned from an edition of unknown; scarce. Catalog Raisonne: Keith Haring: Posters (Prestel Publishing). References: Included in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. About the Fun Gallery: Historic, short-lived, East Village gallery known for giving Keith Haring, Basquiat & Kenny Scharf some of their first solo shows. “FUN Gallery was a place where neighborhood kids, downtown artists, b-boys, rock, film, and rap stars mixed with museum directors art historians and uptown collectors at wild openings featuring artists like Futura, Fab 5...
Lithograph, Offset
$6,450
H 34.75 in W 22.75 in D 0.1 in
Keith Haring Signed Lithograph Tony Shafrazi Gallery Exhibition Poster Into 84
By Keith Haring
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, wonderfully designed, striking original color offset lithograph on thick wove paper exhibition poster from Keith Haring's 1983 Tony Shafrazi New York City Gallery show I...
Paper
$121,250
H 40 in W 30 in
Growing 1 Screen Print by Keith Haring, 1980s, New Wave Style, Signed
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
One of the most prolific pop and graffiti artists of all time, Haring is a symbol of creativity, love and joy in the face of hardship. Starting as a guerrilla artist in the subways o...
Screen
$160,000
H 43.25 in W 35.75 in D 2 in
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...
Lithograph, Paper
Keith Haring. Numbered color silkscreen print. 1990s.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Color silkscreen print in a light oak frame. It is numbered 71/150 and bears the Keith Haring Foundation’s stamp and embossed seal in the lower left corner. American work created i...
Paper, Oak
Keith Haring. Numbered color silkscreen print. 1990s.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Color silkscreen print in a light oak frame. It is numbered 123/150 and bears the Keith Haring Foundation’s stamp and embossed seal in the lower left corner. American work created ...
Oak, Paper
$32,500
H 21 in W 24 in D 1 in
Untitled from Pop Shop V Screen Print, Pop Art, Signed, 39/200, 1989
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper. Stamped with the artist's estate and signed, dated and numbered by the executor, Julia Gruen, in pencil on the rever...
Screen, Paper
$4,817
H 35.04 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Keith Haring Exhibition Tony Shafrazi Design
By Keith Haring
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for a Keith Haring exhibition - Into 84 - held at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York City from 3 Decembe...
Paper
$55,000
H 31.875 in W 39.5 in
One Plate from Three Lithographs Suite, Hand Signed, Edition of 80, 1985
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
From the Three Lithographs Suite. Lithograph in black and red, on BFK Rives paper. Edition 25/80 (there were also 20 artist's proofs). Sheet size 31.875 x 39.5 inches. Image size...
Paper, Lithograph
Andy Warhol, Original Chanel N° 5 Poster, Couture Perfume, Pop Art, 1997
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Pop Art Poster by Andy Warhol for Chanel No. 5 Perfum from 1997 Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Chanel N°5 – Pink Date: 1997 Size: 46.1 x 66.9 in 117 x 170 cm Materials and...
Paper
After Andy Warhol, Original Chanel N° 5 Poster, Couture Perfume, Pop Art, 1997
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Pop Art Poster by Andy Warhol for Chanel No. 5 Perfum from 1997 Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Chanel N°5 – Green - Blue Date: 1997 Size: 46.1 x 66.9 in 117 x 170 cm Materi...
Paper
Rene Gruau, Original Vintage Poster, Fashion, Clothing, Clown, Acrobat, C.1980
By René Gruau
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Poster-Gruau-Assézat-Fashion-Clothing-Clown-Acrobat, c.1980 Poster for the promotion of Bemberg. The poster shows an acrobat wearing Bemberg costume. Additional detail...
Paper
Georges Mathieu, Original Vintage Airline Poster, Air France, Mexico, 1967
By Georges Mathieu
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Mathieu Georges-Air France-Mexico-Travel, 1967 This poster promotes Air France travel to Mexico. Georges Mathieu was a self-t...
Paper
Razzia 1986 Original Vintage Poster, Color Lithograph on Paper, Modern
By Razzia (Gérard Courbouleix–Dénériaz)
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original and hand signed original poster dating from 1986 by Razzia (Gerard Courbouleix Deneriaz; b.1950). This is a hand signed open edition poster and not a reproduction. This po...
Paper
Paul Colin, Original Art Deco Poster, African Oceanic Art, Punu Mask, Moai, 1930
By Paul Colin
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Art Deco poster of African and Oceanic inspiration depicting a Punu mask from Gabon and a monumental Moai statue from the Easter Islands. Paul Colin (27 ...
Paper
