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Keith Haring Yoko Ono 1987 (announcement)

1987

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Keith Haring Yoko Ono 1987: Rare 1980s Keith Haring illustrated announcement for “Dance Plus” - a 1987 week long performance hosted by Keith Haring, Tseng Kwon Chi, Yoko Ono, Judith Jamison, and Jennifer Muller - featuring the music of Yoko Ono and theatrical sets created by Keith Haring: The Joyce Theater 175 8th Avenue New York, New York April 21 - April 26, 1987. Medium: Offset printed double-sided foldout announcement. Dimensions: 8.5 x 22 inches (folded out); 8.5 x 5.5 inches (folded closed). Minor signs of handling; Good overall vintage condition; postmarked 1987 on the reverse. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Rare. Keith Haring was an American artist and activist known for his illustrative depictions of figures and symbols. His white chalk drawings could often been 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... It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.” Born in 1958 in Reading, PA, he grew up in neighboring Kutztown, where he was inspired to draw from an early age by Walt Disney cartoons and his father who was an amateur cartoonist. Haring 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 like the singer Grace Jones. Before his death in February of 1990, Haring established the Keith Haring Foundation, a non-profit committed to raising awareness of HIV/AIDS through art programing and community outreach. Throughout his career, Haring made his art widely available through the location of his murals, as well as through the Pop Shop—Haring's own storefront which he used to sell his memorabilia. 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.
  • Creation Year:
    1987
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
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  • After:
    Keith Haring (1958-1990, American)
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  • Gallery Location:
    NEW YORK, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU354313097642
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