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Keith Haring

Contemporary Art
22.06.2007
Schätzpreis
150.000 £ - 200.000 £
ca. 297.918 $ - 397.225 $
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378.400 £
ca. 751.550 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 28

Keith Haring

Contemporary Art
22.06.2007
Schätzpreis
150.000 £ - 200.000 £
ca. 297.918 $ - 397.225 $
Zuschlagspreis:
378.400 £
ca. 751.550 $
Beschreibung:

Keith Haring Untitled (Aztec Snake Goddess) 1984 Acrylic on muslin. 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm). Signed and dated “K.Haring, April 12-1984” on the overlap.
Provenance Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York Exhibited Cologne, Galerie Paul Maenz, Keith Haring May 3 - 30, 1984 Literature Gerd de Vries, ed., Paul Maenz Köln 1970–1980–1990. An Avant-garde Gallery and the Art of Our Time, Cologne, 1991, p. 128 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay Vibrant, colourful, and aesthetically challenging, Untitled (Aztec Snake Godess) is a seminal work, touching upon Haring’s artistic and stylistic oeuvre to its fullest. Through shape and form, this painting is a prime example of the various cultures that had so profoundly influenced the artist’s body of work. In this Untitled piece from 1984, as the title reveals, Haring turns to the Aztec Culture for inspiration and finds himself visually recording it onto the canvas. This results in his use of specific stylistic features such as the crimson red concentric circles that are so reminiscent of the Aztec Empire. Together with his ‘Haringesque’ signature elements, such as the synthesis between line and colour, this work is monumental. It marks a shift in Haring’s painterly style, as his unique fusion between figuration and abstraction becomes more apparent – a fusion where ‘figure’ becomes distinct from the abstracted and ‘abstraction’ distinct from figuration, allowing each style to be powerful in its own way. Untitled (Aztec Snake Godess) is a painting that through its synergy and somewhat disjointed vocabulary oozes a sense of painterly harmony. It is a powerful work exemplifying Haring’s artistic awareness of symbolism and culture – it is a work that in its own right is a mesmerizing amalgamation of an historic past and an artistic presence. 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, 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

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 28
Auktion:
Datum:
22.06.2007
Auktionshaus:
Phillips
22 June 2007, 4pm 5pm London
Beschreibung:

Keith Haring Untitled (Aztec Snake Goddess) 1984 Acrylic on muslin. 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm). Signed and dated “K.Haring, April 12-1984” on the overlap.
Provenance Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York Exhibited Cologne, Galerie Paul Maenz, Keith Haring May 3 - 30, 1984 Literature Gerd de Vries, ed., Paul Maenz Köln 1970–1980–1990. An Avant-garde Gallery and the Art of Our Time, Cologne, 1991, p. 128 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay Vibrant, colourful, and aesthetically challenging, Untitled (Aztec Snake Godess) is a seminal work, touching upon Haring’s artistic and stylistic oeuvre to its fullest. Through shape and form, this painting is a prime example of the various cultures that had so profoundly influenced the artist’s body of work. In this Untitled piece from 1984, as the title reveals, Haring turns to the Aztec Culture for inspiration and finds himself visually recording it onto the canvas. This results in his use of specific stylistic features such as the crimson red concentric circles that are so reminiscent of the Aztec Empire. Together with his ‘Haringesque’ signature elements, such as the synthesis between line and colour, this work is monumental. It marks a shift in Haring’s painterly style, as his unique fusion between figuration and abstraction becomes more apparent – a fusion where ‘figure’ becomes distinct from the abstracted and ‘abstraction’ distinct from figuration, allowing each style to be powerful in its own way. Untitled (Aztec Snake Godess) is a painting that through its synergy and somewhat disjointed vocabulary oozes a sense of painterly harmony. It is a powerful work exemplifying Haring’s artistic awareness of symbolism and culture – it is a work that in its own right is a mesmerizing amalgamation of an historic past and an artistic presence. 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, 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

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 28
Auktion:
Datum:
22.06.2007
Auktionshaus:
Phillips
22 June 2007, 4pm 5pm London
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