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Untitled 1987 (black) - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1987 - MyArtBroker

Untitled 1987 (black)
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£10,000-£15,000Value Indicator

$20,000-$30,000 Value Indicator

$18,000-$27,000 Value Indicator

¥90,000-¥140,000 Value Indicator

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¥1,910,000-¥2,870,000 Value Indicator

$12,500-$19,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 20

Year: 1987

Size: H 60cm x W 100cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Keith Haring’s signed lithograph print, Untitled 1987 (black), is estimated to be worth between £10,000 and £15,000. This is a rare artwork, having been sold 3 times at auction since its initial sale on 24th November 2015. There have been no sales in the last 12 months and the average annual growth rate of this artwork is not available. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 20.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
April 2018Sotheby's New York United States
April 2016Sotheby's New York United States
November 2015Sotheby's New York United States
January 2003Sotheby's Online United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The print is covered densely with a variety of small-sized, thematically unrelated details. When viewed from a distance, the print appears to display a maze of inchoate forms that blend into one another, losing their individual clarity. Examining the print closely, it becomes clear, however, that the overlapping elements are not only varied but also meticulously detailed. Evoking a sense of perceptual chaos, the creatures inserted amid the abundance of patterns and forms range from sexually explicit to abstract and extraterrestrial.

With its dense accumulation of patterns, dimensions, and forms, the work hints at concerns raised by many of the explicitly political motifs of Haring’s works: the excess and alienation defining the late consumerist society. Here, the peculiar creatures floating amid the chaos of forms are placed close to each other and yet appear enclosed and distant.

Experimenting with the chaos of details, the work mediates the image of a collectivity founded on a fractured relationship.

  • 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