Crack is Wack . Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In "person" they are electric and magnetic...
Silver
Rare original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (Keith Haring Crack Is Wack)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Keith Haring “Life is Fresh! Crack Is Wack!” 1987 sealed/unopened in its original shrink wrapping: A highly sought-after 1980s record album featuring original artwork by Keith H...
Offset, Lithograph
$220Sale Price|20% Off
Keith Haring Crack Down! 1986 (vintage program)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring posters. Keith Haring Crack is Wack. Vintage Keith Haring.
Paper, Lithograph
$375Sale Price|28% Off
Keith Haring Crack Down! (Keith Haring 1986)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
Price Upon Request
Keith Haring Free South Africa poster 1985
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His outdoor mural in Manhattan, Crack is Wack (1986), powerfully remains and is now a designated city landmark.'
Lithograph, Offset
The King, Lithograph by Keith Haring, Pop Art, Signed, Edition 4/50, 1989
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
$460Sale Price|20% Off
Keith Haring Yoko Ono 1987 (announcement)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Offset
Untitled (Plate 6) Lithograph on Arches Paper, Signed, Pop Art, 1982
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Lithograph, Paper
$240,000
Untitled, from Three Lithographs by Keith Haring, Signed, Edition 59/80, 1985
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Lithograph
Keith Haring lithographic insert 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi 1982)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
$400Sale Price|20% Off
Keith Haring lithographic insert 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi 1982)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
Fight AIDS Worldwide Lithograph, Pop Art, Estate Signed, Edition 778/1000
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
$45,000
Untitled from Pop Shop I Screen Print, Pop Art, Signed, 1987, Edition 35/200
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
$67,500
Pop Shop II (1), Hand Signed Screen Print by Keith Haring, 1988, Edition 48/200
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
Paris Review Screen Print by Keith Haring, Pop Art, Signed, 1989, Framed
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
Untitled from Pop Shop I Screen Print, Hand Signed, Edition 138/200, 1988
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
One Plate from Three Lithographs Suite, Hand Signed, Edition of 80, 1985
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Lithograph
Growing (1), Screen Print by Keith Haring, Pop Art, Signed, 21/100, 1988
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
$400Sale Price|20% Off
Keith Haring 1985 announcement (Keith Haring Tony Shafarzi Leo Castelli)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
$149,950
Untitled (From Fertility Suite) Screen Print, Pop Art, Signed, 15/100
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
Keith Haring 1990 Memorial announcement (Keith Haring prints posters)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Offset, Lithograph
Keith Haring at Tony Shafrazi Gallery (vintage Haring announcement)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Offset
Keith Haring Secret Pastures 1984 announcement
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Offset, Lithograph
$109,500
White Icons, Complete Series of 5 Screen Prints, Each Hand Signed, 1990, 13/60
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
Keith Haring coloring book 1986 (Keith Haring Pop Shop 1986)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1982 (set of 4 printed works)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1982 (set of 6 printed works)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
$6,950
KEITH HARING 'THE STORY OF RED AND BLUE - 1990, L. pp. 128-13, SIGNED & NUMBERED
By Keith Haring
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
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 memo...
Screen
KEITH HARING 'THE STORY OF RED AND BLUE - 1990, L. pp. 128-13, SIGNED & NUMBERED
By Keith Haring
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
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 memo...
Screen
KEITH HARING 'THE STORY OF RED AND BLUE - 1990, L. pp. 128-13, SIGNED & NUMBERED
By Keith Haring
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
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 memo...
Screen
Ludo, Plate 5 Hand Signed Lithograph, Pop Art, 1985, 39/90, Framed
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Lithograph
International Volunteer Day Lithograph, Hand Signed, Pop Art, 1988
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
Pop Shop VI Complete Set of 4 Screen Prints, Pop Art, Signed, 1989
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
Untitled from Pop Shop IV, Hand Signed Screen Print, Pop Art, 1989
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi 1982 (set of 4 printed works)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
$45,500
Three Eyes Screen Print, Pop Art, Signed Edition 170/250, 1990, from Icon Series
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
$2,400
Signed Keith Haring exhibition poster 1985 (signed Keith Haring poster 1985)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
$14,950
Plate IX from Story of Red and Blue, Pop Art Screen Print, Estate Stamped
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
Keith Haring Paris 1987 (Keith Haring Pompidou)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Plastic, Offset, Lithograph
Keith Haring 1985 announcement (Keith Haring at Tony Shafarzi Leo Castelli)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Offset, Lithograph
Pop Shop Quad IV Screen Print, Hand Signed, Pop Art, 1989, Edition 67/75
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
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 memo...
Paper, Screen
Keith Haring designed Martin Luther King Day announcement 1988
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Offset
$640Sale Price|20% Off
Keith Haring Kutztown Connection 1984 (Keith Haring prints posters)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring 1987-1996: set of 30 announcements (Keith Haring pop shop)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
During 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 memorabi...
Offset, Lithograph
Keith Haring Subway Drawings 1983 (exhibition catalog)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring Help the Homeless 1985 (Keith Haring 1985 announcement)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Offset, Lithograph
$300
Limited edition Keith Haring spray paint can (Keith Haring graffiti)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Metal
Keith Haring Lucky Strike 1987 poster
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Screen
Keith Haring No On 64 (Keith Haring Aids activist announcement)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring Museumjournaal 1982 (announcement)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His many notable public works included a mural on the western side of the Berlin Wall, the Crack is Wack mural in New York, and a mural for the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Lib...
Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring 1990 memorial (Keith Haring baby)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Screen, Lithograph
Keith Haring ephemera collection 1980's/1990s (Keith Haring pop shop)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
During 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 memorabi...
Offset, Paper
Keith Haring Fun Gallery 1983 (announcements set of 2)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Offset
Keith Haring Secret Pastures 1984 poster
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Lithograph, Offset
Medicom Toy x BE@RBRICK x Haring 400% art toy
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Resin, Vinyl
Keith Haring 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi spiral catalog)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Metal
Keith Haring Fun Gallery 1983 (announcement)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 memo...
Offset
Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.
ORIGINS OF POP ART
CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART
POP ARTISTS TO KNOW
ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS
The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.
Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.
Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.
Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.
Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.
Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.
Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.
More than three decades after his death, the prolific Pop artist and cultural icon's body of work continues to captivate. Here's a primer of some of his most notable motifs and mediums.
A new exhibition in Philadelphia stars a complex decade that continues to inspire.