Keith Haring

Smiling Face

1990

An early and iconic screenprint by the artist created in 1987, Keith Haring’s, Pop Shop I (B) is an original color screenprint measuring 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x...

From the second Pop Shop suite of four prints created by Keith Haring in 1988, Pop Shop II (Plate D) is a fun and highly collectible color screenprint measuring 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 3...

Created by Keith Haring in 1987, Pop Shop I (Plate D) is an original color screenprint measuring 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm), unframed. The artwork is han...

Iconic imagery with a playful content, either consciously or unconsciously influenced by indigenous art, Keith Haring’s Growing II is a brilliant ...

Three Eyes from the Icons series. Screen print in colors with embossing on Arches cover paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the executor of the Haring estate, Julia Gruen, in p...

Keith Haring "Important Early Works from the Estate": Rare original 1991 Keith Haring exhibition announcement to a seminal Keith Haring exhibition held at Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York in the fall/winter proceeding Haring’s death (October 31st, 1991 to January 9th, 1992). Cover image features a reproduction of Keith Haring’s iconic (untitled) Three Eyed Smiling Face 1981. A classic vintage Haring...

Keith Haring Three Eyed Smiling sticker c. 1982: A timeless Keith Haring collectible originally given out at Haring's first solo exhibit in 1982; and later sold at Haring's Pop Shop circa mid 1980s. Vintage Pop Shop sticker featuring original design by Keith Haring; offset printed. Approx. 3 inches square in size. Very good overall vintage condition; missing back adhesive, but appears unused. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Keith Haring Pop Shop History: 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 and affordable clothing and gift items all featuring Keith Haring's unique icons. In September, 2005, the Pop Shop finally closed its doors to the public. Keith Haring's work continues to be displayed around the world at galleries and museums and in public spaces...

Keith Haring 1982 1st edition (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi Gallery): The much seminal & highly collectible, limited edition catalog featuring the iconic neon Haring Three Eyed Smiling Face cover & 15 sought-after double-sided lithographic inserts intact and in excellent vintage condition. An extensive early survey of Haring’s work leading into his breakout year. The finest example we have ever come across. Rarely comes to market as such. Not to be passed upon. Medium: Softcover metal-wire bound artist monograph; approximately 144 pages. 1st edition 1982. 9.25 x 9 inches (folded closed). Very good to excellent overall vintage condition. Protected by bound-in original clear plastic front sheet. Hardly touched. Unsigned from a limited edition of 2000 (see image 4). Includes a forward by publisher Tony Shafrazi, as well as text by Keith Haring, Jeffrey Deitch, Robert Pincus-Witten, and David Shapiro. Designed by Dan Friedman with photographs of Haring's subway drawings by Haring’s close friend, Tseng Kwong Chi. 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 prints. Keith Haring Three Eyes...