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Keith Haring 1990 memorial (Keith Haring crawling baby)

1990

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£2,118.39
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Keith Haring A Memorial Tribute 1990: Rare, historic silkscreened, folding invitation program featuring double-sided, gold-foiled artwork - published on the occasion of Keith Haring’s memorial service; held, May 4, 1990 (on Haring’s birthday) at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York. Includes a touching 1989 statement by Haring and a triumphant Haring figure holding the artist’s signature crawling baby (originally constructed by Haring in 1988); plus the artist’s much iconic radiant baby on the reverse. Rare & not to be passed upon. A must have for the true Haring collector. Silkscreen on folding card stock; 9 x 16.25 inches folded open (approx 9 x 5.4 in folded closed). Fair overall vintage condition; minor surface wear & signs of handling; 1 inch tear to reverse side. Otherwise well preserved. Printed signature lower right; from a scarce edition of unknown. Published by the Estate of Keith Haring. "Now with AIDS I don't really have any dreams any more. Whatever dreams I did have, because of having a completely different view of the future because of being sick, there's nothing I want to do that I haven't done. I won't be disappointed if there's some things that don't get done. Inevitably, no matter how long you work, it's always going to end some time. And there's always going to be things left undone. And it wouldn't matter if you lived until you were seventy-five, there would still be new ideas. There would still be things that you wished you would have accom-plished. You could work for several lifetimes. If I could clone myself there would still be too much work to do, even if there were five of me. And there are no regrets, really. Part of the reason that I'm not having trouble facing the reality of death is that it's not a limitation, in a way. It could have happened any time and it is going to happen to someone any time. If you live your life according to that, death is ir-relevant. Everything I'm doing right now is exactly what I want to do." -Keith Haring May 3, 1989 Keith Haring was an American artist and social 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 to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.” Born on May 4, 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. After briefly studying commercial art in Pittsburgh, Haring came across a show of the works of Pierre Alechinksy and 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 like the singer Grace Jones. 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. 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. Related Categories: Keith Haring figurative. Keith Haring foundation. Keith Haring crawling baby. Keith Haring death. Keith Haring radiant baby. Keith Haring posters. Keith Haring prints. Vintage Keith Haring. Keith Haring 1990
  • Creator:
    (after) Keith Haring (1958 - 1990, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1990
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 5.4 in (13.72 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    NEW YORK, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU354314311322

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