Keith Haring Mixed Media For Auction at 888 Auctions on Dec 5th, 2019

Keith Haring 1987 American TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY – Dec 5th, 2019

Mixed media on paper, framed. Featuring two figures holding vehicles. Signed K. Haring and inscribed ’87 on the lower right corner. Gallery label affixed to verso inscribed TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY and inscribed underneath in ink KEITH HARING / UNTITLED / 1987 / Marker on paper / 6 1/4″ x 6 1/4″. Attributed to Keith Haring (1958-1990, American). 9 x 10 cm (3.5 x 3.9 inches). Framed size: 16 x 16 cm (6.3 x 6.3 inches). PROVENANCE: This lot carries limited provenance from a private Central European collection

Keith Haring 1987 American TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY
Keith Haring 1987 American TONY SHAFRAZI GALLERY – Lot 257 – Dec 5th, 2019

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Keith Haring

Keith Haring (1958-1990) was an American artist and social activist known for his illustrative depictions of figures and symbols. His white chalk drawings were often found on the blank poster marquees in New York’s public spaces and subways. “I don’t think art is propaganda,” he once stated. “It should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.”

Born on May 4, 1958 in Reading, PA, he grew up in neighboring Kutztown. He was inspired to draw from an early age by Walt Disney cartoons and his father who was an amateur cartoonist. After briefly studying commercial art in Pittsburgh, Haring came across a show with works of Pierre Alechinksy. After the show, he decided to pursue a career in fine art instead. He moved to New York in the late 1970s to attend the School of Visual Arts, and soon immersed himself in the city’s graffiti culture.

By the mid-1980s, he had befriended fellow artists Andy Warhol, Kenny Scharf, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and collaborated with celebrities. Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1988, Haring’s prodigious career was brief, and he died of AIDS-related complications on February 16, 1990 at the age of 31. Before his death, Haring established the Keith Haring Foundation, a non-profit committed to raising awareness of the illness through art programing and community outreach. The artist’s mural Crack is Wack (1986), can still be seen today on a retaining wall along FDR Drive in Manhattan.

Haring’s works can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.

Auction Overview

Richmond Hill, ON – 412 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ December 5th auction featuring the finest in . Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display.

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Monday, December 2: 10AM-5PM
Tuesday, December 3: 10AM-5PM
Wednesday, December 4: 10AM-5PM
Thursday, December 5: 10:30AM-1PM

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