Keith Haring

International Volunteer Day

1988

Martin Whatson Framed Original screen print on paper 50x70 cm Hand signed and numbered in pencil Pristine condition as framed

Mr. Brainwash Je T'aime Original white resin sculpture with blue acrylic paint splatters Signed, Finger print stamped, dated and numbered on the bottom in black ink Each work is uniq...

Mr. Brainwash Je T'aime Original white resin sculpture with red acrylic paint splatters Signed, Finger print stamped, dated and numbered on the bottom in black ink Each work is uniqu...

Mr. Brainwash Je T'aime Original white resin sculpture with black acrylic paint splatters Signed, Finger print stamped, dated and numbered on the bottom in black ink Each work is uni...

Mr. Brainwash Je T'aime Original white resin sculpture with pink acrylic paint splatters Signed, Finger print stamped, dated and numbered on the bottom in black ink Each work is uniq...

Robert Indiana TIKVA Original screen print on paper Hand signed and numbered in pencil

Keith Haring Fun Gallery 1983: Original 1983 Keith Haring illustrated exhibition poster published on the occasion of Haring's historic 1983 show at the Fun Gallery in the East Village. A classic array of early Haring imagery that reveals red and black interlocking figures. Offset lithograph in colors on smooth wove paper. 23 x 29 inches. Only some minor signs of handling; in otherwise very good overall vintage condition with strong colors; one of the better examples we've come across. Stored away from light; never mounted or framed. Unsigned from an edition of unknown; scarce. Catalog Raisonne: Keith Haring: Posters (Prestel Publishing). References: Included in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. About the Fun Gallery: Historic, short-lived, East Village gallery known for giving Keith Haring, Basquiat & Kenny Scharf some of their first solo shows. “FUN Gallery was a place where neighborhood kids, downtown artists, b-boys, rock, film, and rap stars mixed with museum directors art historians and uptown collectors at wild openings featuring artists like Futura, Fab 5...

Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on verso by Keith Haring estate. Published by Tony Shafrazi, New York. Reference Littman, K, & Haring K. Keith Haring, Editions on Paper 1982-199...

Keith Haring Dance on the Lower East Side: Fold-out invitation designed & illustrated by Haring for a opening night benefit party at The Underground, N...

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. Published by Martin Lawrence...

Screenprint, 1973, on wove paper, stamped initialled by Roy Lichtenstein, from the edition of 380, published by Galerie Beyeler, 40.5 x 25 cm. (16 ...

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...

Image of "Radiant Angel", on wove paper. Published by Martin Lawrence Editions Ltd., New York. Hand signed, numbered & dated by the artist in pencil. Certificate of Authenticity incl...

Jean-Michel Basquiat Test Pattern, 1979: Rare highly sought-after Basquiat illustrated flyer to announce a performance by his band, Test Patte...

Artist: Keith Haring (1958-1990) Title: Safe Sex! (Gundel 60) Year: 1987-1988 Medium: Offset lithograph on paper Size: 29.52 x 27.36 inches Condition: Scat...

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. Publishe...

Keith Haring Crack Down! 1986: Vintage original Keith Haring anti-drug poster, 1986. Off-set lithograph on heavy weight paper. Dimensions: 17 x 22 inches. Minor signs of handling; otherwise excellent condition; well-preserved, crisp colors. 1st edition. 1st printing, 1986. Authenticity guaranteed. Literature/Catalog Raisonne: Döring, Jürgen and Claus von der Osten. "Keith Haring - Posters" (Hamburg: Prestel, 2017), entry 47, p. 114. 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 posters. Vintage Keith Haring. Keith Haring prints. Keith Haring 1986...

A screen print on arches paper. Produced in 1990. Edition of 33 + 5 Artist Proofs. This being number 27/33. Littmann P.182. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. This work wa...

Keith Haring Hiroshima Peace Celebration (Hand Signed), from the Patrick Eddington Collection, 1988 Original offset lithograph (Hand signed by Keith Haring expressly for Patrick Eddington) 29 3/4 × 20 1/4 inches Signed boldly in black marker and dated 88 by Keith Haring above the Japanese text at the bottom front Unframed Our clients know that we won't buy hand signed Keith Haring works, especially posters, unless the provenance is impeccable and authenticity irrefutable. This is one of them. This already rare and collectible offset lithograph, illustrated by Haring with art direction by Maasaki Fukushi is extremely scarce when hand signed. It was created to promote the music concert "Heiwa ga ii ni Kimatteru!!" (roughly translated, it means Peace is a Good Thing, or Celebration of Peace), held in Hiroshima, Japan on August 5, 1988. Some of the musicians and bands present at the concert were as follows: Up-beat/ Koari/ARB/ Echoes/Off Course/The Shamrock/The Heart/The Blue Hearts/Sion/Zig Zag/ Hound Dog/Personz/Bakufu - Slump/Bee- Public/Loudness/ Look/ Red Warriors and many others. This work was, exceptionally, hand signed and dated by Haring and sent to Patrick Eddington (more on Mr. Eddington in a bit), and it even included the original postmarked tube that Haring sent (in Keith's own hand, which we know well from his correspondence) from Haring's home address on Broadway in Manhattan, addressed to Patrick Eddington in Utah. So who was Patrick Eddington of Utah, and why did Keith Haring send him this artwork? Patrick Eddington was a Utah school teacher who had the improbable idea of writing to his favorite artists and asking them to draw or paint pictures of cats. “This project is a labor of love," Eddington wrote of his endeavor in a 2004 letter. “It will culminate as a large book and traveling exhibition. It will also help Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. I’ve asked individuals I admire to create cat-related works. They are not the typical cat images but creative works.” One of the artists Eddington approached was the graffiti/street icon Keith Haring, with whom he engaged in communications about an even larger project as well - a mural, that alas, never came to fruition. Patrick Eddington passed away in early 2016, and his vision was, unfortunately, never realized. Nonetheless, artists like Keith Haring, William T. Wiley, Roy de Forest, Kiki Smith, Marcel Dzama and many others were inspired by the earnestness and quixotic nature of Eddington's endeavor, and sent him drawings, paintings, prints, doodles, letters and posters, like this one, which were then sold after his death. For reference and provenance only, is a photograph of the handwritten note that Haring wrote when he sent this (and another) signed postcard...

Keith Haring. Chromolithograph. Printed signature. Numbered in pencil on bottom left, edition of 150 copies. Number 63/150 Embossed stamp by The Keith Haring Foundation on bottom lef...

Keith Haring Safe Sex poster 1987: A fun, witty, classic Haring illustration created by the artist in conjunction with his many Aids Awareness efforts. ...

Keith Haring crack down! 1986: Vintage original 1986 Keith Haring illustrated Crack Down! benefit program. This folding pamphlet was designed & illustrated by Keith Haring (along with a poster of same), for the 1986 "Crackdown on Crack" concert at New York City’s world...