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Plate I, Untitled 1 - 6 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1982 - MyArtBroker

Plate I, Untitled 1 - 6
Signed Print

Keith Haring

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 40

Year: 1982

Size: H 56cm x W 84cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Keith Haring's Plate I, Untitled 1 - 6 (signed), a lithograph from 1982, is estimated to be worth between £22,000 and £35,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £24,627 on 19th October 2021 to £24,627 on 19th October 2021. This work has an auction history of 10 total sales since its entry to the market on 26th October 2010. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 40.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2021Phillips New York United States
November 2019Swann Galleries United States
July 2019Sotheby's New York United States
April 2017Christie's New York United States
October 2010Bonhams San Francisco United States

Meaning & Analysis

The barking dog has become an iconic symbol created by Haring, first appearing in his subway drawing series from 1980-1985. Emerging as a symbol to represent authoritarian government, abuse of power and oppressive regimes, this print speaks to the way in which Haring warns the viewer of those in power throughout much of his oeuvre.

Haring uses dots in this print to convey the otherness of homosexuality and illness, specifically AIDS, and he depicts this process of transmission as originating from the UFOs in the sky. For Haring, UFOs symbolised forbidden desire, fertility, virility, authority, divinity and estrangement, working to convey the feeling of being human and animal and alien all at once. Through his use of graphic dots and emanating lines, Haring depicts infection from illness as radiant and energised thus subverting traditional HIV/AIDS narratives.

  • 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