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Keith Haring Knokke 1987 Lithograph with watercolour. 34.5 x 51 cm. (13 1/2 x 20 1/8 in). Signed, titled and dated 'JUNE 19 1987 K.Haring KNOKKE' on the reverse. This work is from an edition of 200.
Provenance Anon. sale, Ketterer Kunst, Hamburg, October 2007, lot 627; Private collection, Switzerland Artist Bio Keith Haring American • 1958 - 1990 Haring's art and life typified youthful exuberance and fearlessness. While seemingly playful and transparent, Haring dealt with weighty subjects such as death, sex and war, enabling subtle and multiple interpretations. Throughout his tragically brief career, Haring refined a visual language of symbols, which he called icons, the origins of which began with his trademark linear style scrawled in white chalk on the black unused advertising spaces in subway stations. Haring developed and disseminated these icons far and wide, in his vibrant and dynamic style, from public murals and paintings to t-shirts and Swatch watches. His art bridged high and low, erasing the distinctions between rarefied art, political activism and popular culture. View More Works