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Keith Haring

Schätzpreis
150.000 £ - 250.000 £
ca. 241.415 $ - 402.359 $
Zuschlagspreis:
362.500 £
ca. 583.420 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 23

Keith Haring

Schätzpreis
150.000 £ - 250.000 £
ca. 241.415 $ - 402.359 $
Zuschlagspreis:
362.500 £
ca. 583.420 $
Beschreibung:

Keith Haring Untitled 1984 Sumi ink on paper 101.3 x 81.8 cm. (39 7/8 x 32 1/4 in.) Signed, dated, and dedicated 'K. Haring Nov. 21 1984 for Sam with lots of love Keith' on the reverse.
Provenance Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York Private Collection Sotheby's New York, Contemporary Art Day, 15 November 2007, lot 480 Private Collection, Rome Catalogue Essay “He is one of those special artists who expand the definition of what artist is, of what an artist can do – of what art is.” JEFFREY DEITCH The present lot is a beautiful example of Keith Haring’s genius and dexterity as an artist. The early 1980s are the most sought after years of Keith Haring’s tragically short and intense career. Starting at an early age when his father made him sketches of characters from comic strips through his graffiti days in the New York subway, Haring invented his own alphabet of contemporary artistic language. Under the influence of Andy Warhol and contemporary to Jean-Michel-Basquiat, Haring believed that art was a product of the individual and the ultimate expression of individuality. He chose the public realm for his art out of curiosity and an embrace of his temperament as well as his generosity. Enjoying success at a very young age, his philosophy was an idea of universal art strongly influenced by the aesthetics of decoration and eighties post modernism. As with the present lot, his works are deliberately untitled as to deconstruct objectivity and to allow the viewer to interact and participate in the meaning of the piece. Thus, Haring elevates the viewer to become an artist in his own interpretation of the work. He divulged this language in the New York subway and by the time Tony Shafrazi held his first solo show in 1982, people were already familiar with his work. This was the year Keith Haring exploded into the New York art scene four years after arriving in the city from his native Pennsylvania, in Shafrazi’s words, “at the time, no one was doing anything vaguely resembling his work”, (‘Keith Haring: A Great Artist, A Great Friend,’ Keith Haring Milan: Skira Editore, 2008, p. 68). His debut was monumental in his career as he had been building momentum through his subway graffiti paintings. These collective images and themes were developed through repetition, which he learned from Andy Warhol This practice of repeatedly drawing in public scenarios where he had to hide from the police gave Haring the experience to become a quick draughtsman. Inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphics, Haring worked toward a reduction of form to the simplest primary elements, in this case a black silhouetted line. Haring had a predilection of the line over colour, but he never sacrificed colour. The stylized characters are vibrant with movement through his use of strokes that surround the flat characters. He never used preparatory drawings and was constantly moving and inventing a language of his own based on a rapid flow, a stream of consciousness that blasted his creativity which continued to evolve retaining a certain element of continuity. Haring had a graphic style and endless creativity and the symbol-like characters in this drawing are a continuation of his work, a train of thought that runs along his entire oeuvre along different media and always in perfect execution. Some of the most common symbols are barking dogs, spaceships, dolphins and characters with an x-shape on them as with the present lot. He sometimes referred to his drawings as automatic, gestural abstractions that flowed from him to the paper with no previous design. Read More 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

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 23
Auktion:
Datum:
16.10.2013
Auktionshaus:
Phillips
London
Beschreibung:

Keith Haring Untitled 1984 Sumi ink on paper 101.3 x 81.8 cm. (39 7/8 x 32 1/4 in.) Signed, dated, and dedicated 'K. Haring Nov. 21 1984 for Sam with lots of love Keith' on the reverse.
Provenance Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York Private Collection Sotheby's New York, Contemporary Art Day, 15 November 2007, lot 480 Private Collection, Rome Catalogue Essay “He is one of those special artists who expand the definition of what artist is, of what an artist can do – of what art is.” JEFFREY DEITCH The present lot is a beautiful example of Keith Haring’s genius and dexterity as an artist. The early 1980s are the most sought after years of Keith Haring’s tragically short and intense career. Starting at an early age when his father made him sketches of characters from comic strips through his graffiti days in the New York subway, Haring invented his own alphabet of contemporary artistic language. Under the influence of Andy Warhol and contemporary to Jean-Michel-Basquiat, Haring believed that art was a product of the individual and the ultimate expression of individuality. He chose the public realm for his art out of curiosity and an embrace of his temperament as well as his generosity. Enjoying success at a very young age, his philosophy was an idea of universal art strongly influenced by the aesthetics of decoration and eighties post modernism. As with the present lot, his works are deliberately untitled as to deconstruct objectivity and to allow the viewer to interact and participate in the meaning of the piece. Thus, Haring elevates the viewer to become an artist in his own interpretation of the work. He divulged this language in the New York subway and by the time Tony Shafrazi held his first solo show in 1982, people were already familiar with his work. This was the year Keith Haring exploded into the New York art scene four years after arriving in the city from his native Pennsylvania, in Shafrazi’s words, “at the time, no one was doing anything vaguely resembling his work”, (‘Keith Haring: A Great Artist, A Great Friend,’ Keith Haring Milan: Skira Editore, 2008, p. 68). His debut was monumental in his career as he had been building momentum through his subway graffiti paintings. These collective images and themes were developed through repetition, which he learned from Andy Warhol This practice of repeatedly drawing in public scenarios where he had to hide from the police gave Haring the experience to become a quick draughtsman. Inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphics, Haring worked toward a reduction of form to the simplest primary elements, in this case a black silhouetted line. Haring had a predilection of the line over colour, but he never sacrificed colour. The stylized characters are vibrant with movement through his use of strokes that surround the flat characters. He never used preparatory drawings and was constantly moving and inventing a language of his own based on a rapid flow, a stream of consciousness that blasted his creativity which continued to evolve retaining a certain element of continuity. Haring had a graphic style and endless creativity and the symbol-like characters in this drawing are a continuation of his work, a train of thought that runs along his entire oeuvre along different media and always in perfect execution. Some of the most common symbols are barking dogs, spaceships, dolphins and characters with an x-shape on them as with the present lot. He sometimes referred to his drawings as automatic, gestural abstractions that flowed from him to the paper with no previous design. Read More 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

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 23
Auktion:
Datum:
16.10.2013
Auktionshaus:
Phillips
London
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