1980s Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Haring printed signature lower right. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history: Whether collaborating
Offset
1980s Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
record in very good vintage condition. Keith Haring printed signature lower right. Keith Haring Album
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
Offset
$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
: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history: Whether collaborating with Grace Jones
Offset
$450
H 12 in W 12 in
1980s Keith Haring Record Art: set of 2 (1980s Keith Haring album cover art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
his lifetime. Literature/References: Taschen: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief
Offset
$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
: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history: Whether collaborating with Grace Jones
Offset
$600Sale Price|20% Off
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
his lifetime. Literature/References: Taschen: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief
Offset
$520Sale Price|20% Off
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
/References: Taschen: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history: Whether collaborating with
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
: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: A brief history: Whether collaborating with Grace Jones
Offset
$600
H 7 in W 7 in
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
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
1980s Keith Haring Record Art (set of 4 works): Four individual 12 inch albums - all illustrated
Lithograph, Offset
1980s Keith Haring record art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
condition). Literature/References: Taschen: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history
Lithograph, Offset
$240Sale Price|20% Off
H 7 in W 7 in
Rare Original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Record Art 1987: A rare highly sought-after Keith Haring illustrated album cover
Lithograph, Offset
$320Sale Price|20% Off
H 12 in W 12 in
Rare Original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Record Art 1987: A rare highly sought-after Keith Haring illustrated album cover
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
). Literature/References: Taschen: Art Record Covers. _ Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history: Whether
Offset
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history: Whether collaborating with Grace Jones, Andy Warhol
Lithograph, Offset
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
/References: Taschen: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: A brief history: Whether collaborating with
Lithograph, Offset
$800
H 12 in W 12 in
Rare Keith Haring Record Art (Keith Haring Larry Levan Paradise Garage)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
record album features Keith Haring cover art derived from the 1986 illustrations Haring constructed on
Offset
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history: Whether collaborating with Grace Jones, Andy Warhol
Lithograph, Offset
Sold
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
Offset
1980s Keith Haring album art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
: excellent condition). Literature/References: Taschen: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief
Lithograph, Offset
Rare Original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: A brief history: Whether collaborating with Grace Jones
Lithograph, Offset
Rare Original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
make for stand-out wall art. Literature/References: Taschen: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album
Lithograph, Offset
Rare Keith Haring album cover art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Record Art: A classic, much discussed out of print 2011 album featuring silk-screened
Offset, Lithograph
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with vivid colors that make for stand-out wall art within
Offset, Lithograph
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
record in very good vintage condition. Keith Haring printed signature lower right. Keith Haring Album
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
record in very good vintage condition. Keith Haring printed signature lower right. Keith Haring Album
Offset
1980s Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
record in very good vintage condition. Keith Haring printed signature lower right. Keith Haring Album
Offset
1980s Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
vintage condition. Keith Haring printed signature lower right. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
record in very good vintage condition. Keith Haring printed signature lower right. Keith Haring Album
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
record in very good vintage condition. Keith Haring printed signature lower right. Keith Haring Album
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
record in very good vintage condition. Keith Haring printed signature lower right. Keith Haring Album
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 12 in W 12 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 7 in W 7 in D 0.2 in
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (vintage Keith Haring)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with bright, lush colors that make for stand-out wall art
Offset
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H 12 in W 12 in
Rare Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (Keith Haring Larry Levan)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with vivid colors that make for stand-out wall art within
Lithograph, Offset
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H 12 in W 12 in
Rare Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (Keith Haring Larry Levan)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with vivid colors that make for stand-out wall art within
Lithograph, Offset
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H 12 in W 12 in
Rare Original Keith Haring Album Cover Art (Keith Haring Larry Levan)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Vinyl Record Art by Keith Haring with vivid colors that make for stand-out wall art within
Lithograph, 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
: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: A brief history: Whether collaborating with Grace Jones
Offset
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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
Offset
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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
Offset
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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
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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
Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history: Whether collaborating with Grace Jones, Andy
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
Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief history: Whether collaborating with Grace Jones, Andy
Offset
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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
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
Offset
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H 12 in W 12 in
Vintage Original Keith Haring Record Art (Keith Haring album art)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Album Cover Art, 1986: Medium: Off-Set Lithograph on album record jacket. Dimensions
Offset
Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Album Cover Art 1982: Medium: Offset lithograph on record jacket, vinyl record
Offset, Lithograph
Vintage Keith Haring Vinyl Album Art (Keith Haring Christmas)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
: excellent condition). Literature/References: Taschen: Art Record Covers. Keith Haring Album Art: a brief
Lithograph, Offset
White Turtle Bookcase, by Marcantonio, Made in Italy
By MARCANTONIO
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 500 other unique products. (2.2) A multipurpose turtle: its carapace acts as a support for a series of accessories. Onc...
Metal
$525
H 19 in W 16.75 in
Original 1980s Keith Haring Pop Shop bags set of 2 (Keith Haring pop shop)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Pop Shop Bags set of 2, 1986: Vintage original 1980s Keith Haring Pop Shop bag set designed & illustrated by the artist. Both feature a bold Keith Haring printed signatu...
Plastic, Screen
Keith Haring Andy Warhol 1986
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring, Andy Warhol 1986: Rare, highly sought-after oversized 1986 folding announcement card / poster illustrated by Keith Haring & Andy Warhol (reverse side). This seldom avai...
Lithograph, Offset
FIGHT AIDS WORLDWIDE
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors, on Arches wove paper. Sheet size 11 x 8.5 inches. Frame size approx 19 x 17 inches. Littmann p. 168. Estate stamped, hand signed by Julia Gruen, Executor of...
Paper, Screen
Basquiat Gray 1980
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat (untitled) Gray 1980: Basquiat illustrated & printed this exceptionally rare flyer for his band Gray in 1980. Executed similarly in the manner of his well-docum...
Offset, Lithograph
$100,000
H 22 in W 16.5 in
Jean-Michel Basquiat hand-painted sweatshirt 1979/1980
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat (untitled), 'MAN MADE Sweatshirt', c. 1979: Basquiat produced this rare original hand-painted sweatshirt (among others, with only few known to have survived) for...
Acrylic
Apocalypse 6
By Keith Haring
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Keith Haring Title: Apocalypse 6 Size: 38 × 38 in 96.5 × 96.5 cm Medium: Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board Edition: WP (Working Proof) of 90 Year: 1988 Notes: Ha...
Screen
ONE PLATE (FROM THREE LITHOGRAPHS SUITE)
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
From the Three Lithographs Suite. Lithograph in black and red, on BFK Rives paper. Edition 25/80 (there were also 20 artist's proofs). Sheet size 31.875 x 39.5 inches. Image size...
Paper, Lithograph
GROWING (1)
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board. Hand signed, dated and numbered by Keith Haring. Image size 38.75 x 28.5 inches. Edition 21/100 (there were also 15 artist's proofs). P...
Paper, Screen
$525
H 9 in W 9 in
1980s Keith Haring Pop Shop collectible (Keith Haring three-eyed)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Pop Shop bag c.1987: Rare original 1980s Keith Haring Pop Shop collectible featuring Keith Haring’s Three Eyed Smiling Face on a double-sided vinyl pouch. A classic 1980...
Offset, Plastic, Lithograph
$2,400
H 24 in W 17 in
Signed Keith Haring exhibition poster 1985 (signed Keith Haring poster 1985)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Signed Keith Haring poster 1985: A highly collectible hand-signed 1985 Keith Haring exhibition poster published on the occasion of: Keith Haring Paintings at Tony Shafrazi Gallery,...
Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring Drawing 1983 (Keith World Tour hat)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1983 Keith Haring Dancing Figures drawing on Keith Haring World Tour hat: A rare, historic Keith Haring collectible featuring a sharply executed black marker drawing of Haring’s sig...
Cotton, Ink
1987 Keith Haring, Casino Knokke Original Vintage Poster
By Keith Haring
Located in Winchester, GB
Produced to promote his solo exhibition at the Casino Knokke in Belgium, this beautiful offset lithograph from Keith Haring is printed in 5 colours and features beautiful original ar...
Paper
Ludo, Plate 5 (Hand signed Lithograph)
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Plate 5 from Ludo portfolio. Lithograph in colors on arches paper. Hand signed and dated on front by Keith Haring. Hand numbered 39/90 on front (there are also 15 artist proofs). ...
Paper, Lithograph
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.
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.