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Keith Haring worked in a variety of mediums. The legendary Pennsylvania-born artist experimented with painting, sculpture, printmaking, performance, video, murals and more. In 2023, a series of digital drawings Haring made on a personal computer during the late 1980s went to auction. No canvas was off limits, either, as he painted on wood, vast tarps and sheets of metal. Haring was always experimenting, even in his early days as an artist.
When Haring arrived in New York City, he was drawn to subway graffiti and other street art, and was soon drawing with chalk on the black sheets of paper that were affixed to subway panels when there wasn’t a poster advertisement to populate the space.
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.
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When Haring arrived in New York City, he was drawn to subway graffiti and other street art, and was soon drawing with chalk on the black sheets of paper that were affixed to subway panels when there wasn’t a poster advertisement to populate the space.
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.
Find original Keith Haring art on 1stDibs.
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'Robot in Transit', Hand Signed by Haring, Subway Drawings, New York, Pop Art
By Keith Haring
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Hand signed by the artist in felt pen, center right, 'K. Haring' for Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990) and dated 1985. An inside page from 'Art in Transit: Subway Drawings' by Keith...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Offset
$1,550 Sale Price
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POP SHOP III (2)
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. Screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, Image size: 11 .5 x 14.75 inches. Sheet size: 13.5 x 16.5 inches. Edition ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
$59,996 Sale Price
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POP SHOP IV(1)
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Image of "Radiant Angel", on wove paper. Hand signed, numbered & dated by the artist in pencil. Published by Martin Lawrence Editions Ltd., New York. Edition 154/200. Littmann p. ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
$52,462 Sale Price
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UNTITLED (C)
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. Color lithograph on BFK Rives paper, with full margins. Image size: 8.5 x 12.25 inches. Sheet size: 11 x 14.75 inches. Published by Ma...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$37,462 Sale Price
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Original historic Champions poster Scharf Cutrone (Hand signed by Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Keith Haring
Champions 1984 (Hand signed by Keith Haring), 1988
Offset lithograph (Hand signed and dated 1988 by Keith Haring with his logo)
Boldly signed and dated '88 by Keith Haring with his distinctive logo in black marker under his printed signature.
Published by The Contemporary Art Center of Cleveland
Original vintage metal frame included
This is the ORIGINAL (not a later reprint) 1984 invitation to the famous 1984 Champions show at the The Contemporary Art Center of Cleveland, Ohio. The artist who participated in this show and are named on the print are:
Keith Haring, James Brown, Ronnie Cutrone, Brett De Palma, Future 2000, Kenny Scharf, and Dan Friedman...
Category
1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset, Felt Pen, Lithograph
$10,000 Sale Price
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Original 1980s Keith Haring Pop Shop bags set of 2 (Keith Haring pop shop)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Pop Shop Bags set of 2, 1986:
Vintage original 1980s Keith Haring Pop Shop bag set designed & illustrated by the artist. Both feature a bold Keith Haring printed signature and standout original Haring Pop shop logos, plus bright, lush colors which make for a unique framepiece.
Medium: silkscreened vinyl shopping bags (2 individual pieces).
Dimensions: 19 x 16.75 inches inches (applies to each individually).
Minor wear commensurate with age & medium; in otherwise good vintage condition.
A very cool vintage original Keith Haring frame set.
Keith Haring Pop Shop:
In 1986, New York artist Keith Haring opened the Pop Shop in downtown Manhattan. Haring saw the Pop Shop as an extension of his work, a fun boutique where his art could be accessible to everyone. For nearly twenty years, the shop continued to be a downtown attraction with floor-to-ceiling murals...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Plastic, Screen
