Self Portrait
Keith Haring (Reading/Pennsylvania 1958 - New York 1990)
Lot-No. 194
Proceeds : 10.700 €
Block marker/transparent foil, 23 x 23 cm, (9 x 9 inches), lo. margin sign. a. dat. Keith Haring 82, matted a. framed under glass. - On the translucent cover of the exhibition catalogue of the Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1982. As an extra a page from the same catalogue with a portrait foto of the artist. - Provenance: Private collection Ireland. - American artist whose works are influenced by graffitis. H. began studying commercial art in 1976 but moved to New York in 1978 where he soon became famous for his figures developed from stick figures painted on walls a. posters. As early as 1982 he exhibited at the Documenta 7, in 1983 at the Whitney Biennale. Since 1985 he started painting canvases. His iconic figures, reduced to the essential brought him worlwide popularity up to today.
Keith Haring: Self Portrait
Keith Haring (Reading/Pennsylvania 1958 - New York 1990)
Self Portrait
Lot-No. 194
Proceeds : 10.700 €
Block marker/transparent foil, 23 x 23 cm, (9 x 9 inches), lo. margin sign. a. dat. Keith Haring 82, matted a. framed under glass. - On the translucent cover of the exhibition catalogue of the Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1982. As an extra a page from the same catalogue with a portrait foto of the artist. - Provenance: Private collection Ireland. - American artist whose works are influenced by graffitis. H. began studying commercial art in 1976 but moved to New York in 1978 where he soon became famous for his figures developed from stick figures painted on walls a. posters. As early as 1982 he exhibited at the Documenta 7, in 1983 at the Whitney Biennale. Since 1985 he started painting canvases. His iconic figures, reduced to the essential brought him worlwide popularity up to today.
