1980s Keith Haring record art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
1980s Pop Art More Art
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1980s Keith Haring record art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
Lithograph, Offset
$600
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1980s Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (Keith Haring album cover art 1980s)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1987): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
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$450
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1980s Keith Haring Record Art: set of 2 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of two: 1987): Two individual 12 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Keith...
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$825
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1980s Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1987): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
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$825
H 7 in W 7 in
1980s Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1987): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
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$520Sale Price|20% Off
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Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art: Set of 4: 1982 & 1987.
Offset
$600Sale Price|20% Off
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Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1987): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
Offset
$825
H 7 in W 7 in
1980s Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1988): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
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Rare 1980s Keith Haring Record Art (Set of 4 works)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982-1987. Set of 4 individual pieces including their respective albums.
Lithograph, Offset
$160
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Keith Haring Andy Warhol record cover art (Keith Haring Andy Warhol Madonna)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
In 1985, Warhol teamed up with Keith Haring to make a wedding gift for their friend Madonna before her marriage to Sean Penn.
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Keith Haring Record Art 1987 (Keith Haring Christmas Run Dmc)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art and unique vintage Keith Haring collectible. Literature: Taschen Art Record covers pg. 216
Lithograph, Offset
$550
H 7 in W 7 in
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Record Art (Keith Haring David Bowie)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring record art 1983 & 1988: A set of 2 rare 1980s Japanese vinyl records featuring original artwork by Keith Haring: David BOWIE "Without You" & Hiroshima All Stars.
Offset
$825
H 12 in W 12 in
1980s Keith Haring Record Art: set of works (Keith Haring album art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring album art. Keith Haring record art.
Lithograph, Offset
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1980s Keith Haring Record Art: David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring original cover artwork by Keith Haring.
Lithograph, Offset
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1980s Keith Haring Record Art: David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring original cover artwork by Keith Haring.
Lithograph, Offset
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1980s Keith Haring Record Art: David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring original cover artwork by Keith Haring.
Lithograph, Offset
$7,500
H 12 in W 12 in
Keith Haring Album Cover Art: set of 15+ works (1983-1988)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Original Album Cover Art: a set of 15+ works (1983-1988): A rare collection of 16 individual 1980s Keith Haring illustrated record covers accompanied by their respective...
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Basquiat Keith Haring Andy Warhol Designed Record Covers
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring & Andy Warhol Designed record covers.
Lithograph, Offset
$1,250
H 12 in W 12 in
Basquiat Keith Haring Andy Warhol Designed Record Covers (8 works)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring & Andy Warhol Designed record covers.
Lithograph, Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.01 in
Rare Original Keith Haring record cover art (Keith Haring David Bowie)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring: Rare Japan 1st Pressing 1983 Medium: Off-Set Lithograph Dimensions: ...
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Original Keith Haring 1980s Record Art (Haring snakes)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982 Haring illustrations appear on front and back cover, as well as a rare, limited run fold-out booklet (front and back booklet images presen...
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H 7 in W 7 in
Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1987): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
Offset
Vintage Keith Haring Vinyl Album Art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
Offset
1980s Keith Haring album art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring Record Art 1987 (Keith Haring Christmas Run Dmc)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art and unique vintage Keith Haring collectible. Literature: Taschen Art Record covers pg. 216
Offset
Keith Haring Record Art 1987 (Keith Haring Christmas Run Dmc)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art and unique vintage Keith Haring collectible. Literature: Taschen Art Record covers pg. 216
Offset
Keith Haring Record Art 1987 (Keith Haring Christmas Run Dmc)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art and unique vintage Keith Haring collectible. Literature: Taschen Art Record covers pg. 216
Offset, Lithograph
Rare Original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1980s Keith Haring Record Art: David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring original cover artwork by Keith Haring.
Lithograph, Offset
Rare Original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1980s Keith Haring Record Art: David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring original cover artwork by Keith Haring.
Lithograph, Offset
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Rare original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (Keith Haring Crack Is Wack)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Among the most difficult to find of Keith Haring record illustrations. Haring's cover illustration here for his friend at the time, Bipo, is inspired by his famous 1986 Harlem mura...
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Basquiat Keith Haring Andy Warhol Designed Record Covers (8 works)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring & Andy Warhol Designed record covers.
Lithograph, Offset
Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring illustrated vinyl record cover 1987.
Offset
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art within reach Year: 1986 Off-Set Lithograph on record jacket, vinyl record Dimen...
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Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art within reach Year: 1986 Off-Set Lithograph on record jacket, vinyl record Dimen...
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Rare Original Keith Haring record cover art (David Bowie)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring Rare Japan 1st Pressing 1983 Medium: Off-Set Lithograph Dimensions: 7...
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Rare Original Keith Haring record cover art (David Bowie)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring Rare Japan 1st Pressing 1983 Medium: Off-Set Lithograph Dimensions: 7...
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.01 in
Rare Original Keith Haring record cover art (David Bowie)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring Rare Japan 1st Pressing 1983 Medium: Off-Set Lithograph Dimensions: 7...
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Rare Original Keith Haring record cover art (David Bowie)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring Rare Japan 1st Pressing 1983 Medium: Off-Set Lithograph Dimensions: 7...
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Rare Original Keith Haring record cover art (David Bowie)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring Rare Japan 1st Pressing 1983 Medium: Off-Set Lithograph Dimensions: 7...
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Rare Original Keith Haring record cover art (David Bowie)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring Rare Japan 1st Pressing 1983 Medium: Off-Set Lithograph Dimensions: 7...
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Rare Original Keith Haring record cover art (David Bowie)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring Rare Japan 1st Pressing 1983 Medium: Off-Set Lithograph Dimensions:...
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Andy Warhol, Keith Haring record cover art
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
In 1985, Warhol teamed up with Keith Haring to make a wedding gift for their friend Madonna before her marriage to Sean Penn.
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Andy Warhol, Keith Haring record cover art
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
In 1985, Warhol teamed up with Keith Haring to make a wedding gift for their friend Madonna before her marriage to Sean Penn.
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H 7 in W 7 in
Rare Original Keith Haring record cover art (Keith Haring David Bowie)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring Original Artwork by Keith Haring Rare Japan 1st Pressing 1983 Medium: Off-Set Lithograph Dimensions: 7...
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Original Keith Haring 1980s Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982. Record produced by the legendary Malcolm McLaren of Sex Pistols fame. 12 x 12 inches / 30.48 x 30.48 cm Minor service wear and spottin...
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Keith Haring Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982; for the album, "Duck RocK"; produced by the legendary Malcom McLaren of Sex Pistols fame.
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Keith Haring Record Art 1980s (Haring snakes)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982; for the album, "Duck RocK"; produced by the legendary Malcom McLaren of Sex Pistols fame.
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Original Keith Haring 1980s Record Art (Haring snakes)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982 Haring illustrations appear on front and back cover, as well as a rare, limited run fold-out booklet (front and back booklet images presen...
Offset
Original Keith Haring 1980s Record Art (Haring snakes)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982 Haring illustrations appear on front and back cover, as well as a rare, limited run fold-out booklet (front and back booklet images presen...
Offset
Original Keith Haring 1980s Record Art (Haring snakes)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982; for the album, "Duck RocK"; produced by the legendary Malcom McLaren of Sex Pistols fame.
Offset
Original Keith Haring 1980s Record Art (Haring snakes)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982; for the album, "Duck RocK"; produced by the legendary Malcom McLaren of Sex Pistols fame.
Offset
Original Keith Haring 1980s Record Art (Haring snakes)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982; for the album, "Duck RocK"; produced by the legendary Malcom McLaren of Sex Pistols fame.
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Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art: Set of 4: 1982 & 1987.
Offset
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H 12 in W 12 in D 0.01 in
Vintage Keith Haring Vinyl Album Art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
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H 12 in W 12 in
Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art: Set of 4: 1982 & 1987.
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H 12 in W 12 in
Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art: Set of 4: 1982 & 1987.
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Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1987): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
Offset
Vintage Keith Haring Vinyl Album Art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
Offset, Lithograph
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H 12 in W 12 in
Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art: Set of 4: 1982-1987: Haring illustrations appear on front and back of each of the 4 record covers, as well as inserts & record labels (where a...
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1980s Keith Haring record art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
Lithograph, Offset
1980s Keith Haring record art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
Lithograph, Offset
1980s Keith Haring record art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
Lithograph, Offset
1980s Keith Haring record art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
Lithograph, Offset
Rare Original Keith Haring Record Art (Set of 4 works)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982-1987. Set of 4 individual pieces.
Offset, Lithograph
Vinyl Record Cover Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982 Off-set vinyl art cover and fold-out lithograph booklet for the seminal early Hip Hop work, "Duck RocK"; produced by the legendary Malcom ...
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Vintage Original Keith Haring Album Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982; for the album, "Duck RocK"; produced by the legendary Malcom McLaren of Sex Pistols fame.
Offset
Vintage Original Keith Haring Album Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982; for the album, "Duck RocK"; produced by the legendary Malcom McLaren of Sex Pistols fame.
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H 7 in W 7 in
Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1987): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in
Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1987): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
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Original Keith Haring Record Art: set of 4 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Vintage 1980s Keith Haring Record Cover Art: (Set of 4: 1983-1988): Four individual 7 inch albums - all illustrated by Haring during his lifetime - making for standout 1980s Ke...
Offset
Vintage Keith Haring Vinyl Album Art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories: Keith Haring prints posters. Keith Haring record cover art.
Lithograph, Offset
Rare Original Keith Haring Record Art (Set of 4 works)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982-1987. Set of 4 individual pieces including their respective albums.
Lithograph, Offset
Rare Original Keith Haring Record Art (Set of 4 works)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Keith Haring Record Cover Art, 1982-1987. Set of 4 individual pieces including their respective albums.
Lithograph, Offset
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H 12 in W 12 in
Keith Haring Andy Warhol record cover art (Keith Haring Andy Warhol Madonna)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
In 1985, Warhol teamed up with Keith Haring to make a wedding gift for their friend Madonna before her marriage to Sean Penn.
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Keith Haring Record Art 1987 (Keith Haring Christmas Run Dmc)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art and unique vintage Keith Haring collectible. Literature: Taschen Art Record covers pg. 216
Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring Record Art 1987 (Keith Haring Christmas Run Dmc)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art and unique vintage Keith Haring collectible. Literature: Taschen Art Record covers pg. 216
Lithograph, Offset
$3,600
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Keith Haring Fun Gallery exhibition poster 1983 (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 Villag...
Lithograph, Offset
Rare Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (Keith Haring & Futura)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring 'Rap It' record art 1983: A rare vinyl art cover featuring original artwork by Keith Haring and Futura 2000 (reverse side). Truly vibrant colors that make for stand-out ...
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Keith Haring Dance on the Lower East Side (announcement)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Dance on the Lower East Side: Fold-out invitation designed & illustrated by Haring for a opening night benefit party at The Underground, New York, NY 1983; in conjunctio...
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Keith Haring began experimenting with his bold, graphic lines and cartoon-inspired figures on the walls of New York City subway stations in the early 1980s. He called them his “laboratory,” places to develop a radical new aesthetic based on an ideology of creating truly democratic public art.
Haring’s paintings, prints and murals address the universal themes of death, love and sex, as well as contemporary issues he experienced personally, like the crack-cocaine and AIDS epidemics. They derive much of their impact from the powerful contrast between these serious subjects and the joyful, vibrant pictographic language he uses to express them, full of dancing figures, babies, barking dogs, hearts and rhythmic lines, as well as references to pop culture.
To make his art even more accessible, in 1986, Haring opened the Pop Shop in Soho. In a foreshadowing of today’s intermingling of art and fashion, the shop sold merchandise and novelty items featuring imagery by Haring and contemporaries like Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat. While his works sometimes included text, for the most part, he chose to communicate through drawing.
“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times,” Haring once declared. “It lives through magic.”
Find Keith Haring art on 1stDibs today.
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.