Keith Haring

Keith Haring Club DV8 poster 1986 (Keith Haring San Francisco 1986)

1986

1990s Keith Haring exhibition poster: Original Exhibition poster for Keith Haring at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 08-September 08, 1998; an exhibit which featured a complete retrospective of Haring's work, from his childhood doodles and early New York subway drawings to large-scale paintings during his final years. Off-set lithograph on heavy wove paper. 24 x 36 inches. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Bright, vibrant colors. Some minor signs of handling; otherwise very good overall. Contains trademark of Haring Estate on lower center edge. Further Background: Image featured in this poster is Haring's, "Drawing for Headstand 1988. De Young Museum's regarding Haring's symbolism here: "Human figures depicted upside-down are usually B-boys and B-girls, the dancers of hip-hop, doing the iconic move in which they spin on their head. Figures contorting in backbends or jumps are probably also depictions of break dancers." Haring’s work has long been a part of San Francisco’s visual culture. He created works for diverse venues in San Francisco during his lifetime, including murals for DV8, a club once located in the South of Market neighborhood, and a huge, multi-panel painting for the South of Market Childcare Center (also known as the Saint Patrick's Daycare Center). Haring’s outdoor sculpture Untitled (Three Dancing Figures) (1989), located at Third and Howard Streets, is a prominent feature of Moscone Convention Center, and his triptych altarpiece The Life of Christ (1990) is installed in the AIDS Chapel at Grace Cathedral...

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. A rare example in very good overall vintage condition. 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...

Vintage original Keith Haring Lucky Strike Screen-print, 1987 "The advertising posters for Lucky Strike cigarettes reflect the popular Montreux posters from 1983. According to the i...

Keith Haring Poster for Montreux Jazz Festival 1983. Makes for vibrant, standout original Haring art without breaking the bank. Serigraph printed in colors. 1984. 27 x 39 inches (7...

This striking 1982 original poster by Keith Haring was created to promote one of his earliest solo exhibitions — a defining moment in the meteoric rise of one of the most influential...

Haring's background in street art and graffiti also influenced this practice. His spontaneous creations in public spaces were often produced quickly and without formal titles, emphas...

Featuring his 1989 untitled artwork, this brilliant poster was created in 1998 to advertise the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's exhibition for Keith Haring's works. Running May-...

Original poster Exhibition - Pop art Bridging the gap between the art world and the street, Keith Haring made a name for himself in the early 1980s with his graffiti drawings in th...