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Chocolate Buddha 1 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1989 - MyArtBroker

Chocolate Buddha 1
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£14,000-£21,000Value Indicator

$28,000-$40,000 Value Indicator

$25,000-$40,000 Value Indicator

¥130,000-¥190,000 Value Indicator

17,000-25,000 Value Indicator

$140,000-$210,000 Value Indicator

¥2,680,000-¥4,020,000 Value Indicator

$18,000-$26,000 Value Indicator

21% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 90

Year: 1989

Size: H 49cm x W 64cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Keith Haring’s Chocolate Buddha 1 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £14,000 and £21,000. This lithograph print, created in 1989, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 21%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of five total sales since its entry to the market in May 2011. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 90.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2022Bonhams Los Angeles United States
April 2019Wright United States
November 2015Sotheby's New York United States
May 2014Freeman's United States
May 2011Skinner, Boston United States
June 1995Christie's Amsterdam Netherlands

Meaning & Analysis

Chocolate Buddha 1 has a kinetic energy that is produced through Haring’s use of jarring colours and complex, intertwining patterns. There is an electric flow of line that is satisfying for the viewer to follow, emphasised by the print’s symmetrical composition. Haring’s print is reminiscent of Aztec or Aboriginal art through his use of flowing, organic shapes and thick bold lines to create a pattern that plays out across the image surface.

Explaining why many of his works resemble Aztec or Aboriginal art, Haring has said ‘My drawings don’t try to imitate life; they try to create life, to invent life,’ something that he believed aligned with so-called primitive ideas. Chocolate Buddha 1 is exemplary of this notion by forming a rhythmic, all-over composition that focuses on symmetry rather than realism. Thus, Haring produces a kinetic image that excites the viewer and transcends reality.

  • Keith Haring was a luminary of the 1980s downtown New York scene. His distinctive visual language pioneered one-line Pop Art drawings and he has been famed for his colourful, playful imagery. Haring's iconic energetic motifs and figures were dedicated to influencing social change, and particularly challenging stigma around the AIDS epidemic. Haring also pushed for the accessibility of art by opening Pop Shops in New York and Japan, selling a range of ephemera starting from as little as 50 cents. Haring's legacy has been cemented in the art-activism scene and is a testament to power of art to inspire social change

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