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Pop Shop IV, Plate III - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1989 - MyArtBroker

Pop Shop IV, Plate III
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£22,000-£30,000Value Indicator

$45,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

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¥4,160,000-¥5,670,000 Value Indicator

$28,000-$40,000 Value Indicator

21% AAGR

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 200

Year: 1989

Size: H 34cm x W 42cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Keith Haring's Pop Shop IV, Plate III (signed) is estimated to be worth between £21,000 and £30,000. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £21,505, across 1 sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £10,000 in May 2020 to £28,870 in October 2023. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 21%. This screenprint has an auction history of 11 total sales since its entry to the market in February 2002. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2024Heffel Online Canada
October 2023Christie's New York United States
October 2023Bonhams Los Angeles United States
July 2020Phillips New York United States
May 2020Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom
July 2018Christie's New York United States
October 2017Bonhams Los Angeles United States

Meaning & Analysis

Perhaps the most recognisable of all the Pop Shop series, Pop Shop IV features almost all of Haring’s ‘icons’: the radiant child, the barking dog and the winged superman, all surrounded by joyous energy lines and depicted in the bold contrasting colours he became known for. This series is a tour de force of composition, displaying Haring’s intimate knowledge of the language of cartoons and street art alike, and evoking the playfulness that characterised all the work he made for his Pop Shops.

The first Pop Shop opened in 1986 in Manhattan’s SoHo neighbourhood and featured murals painted by the artist as well as badges, t-shirts and more from as little as 50 cents. While the project was praised by friends such as Andy Warhol, who was fascinated by the possibilities of the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction, it was snubbed by many leading art world figures who placed more value on original works of art. Speaking of the importance of opening the shop as opposed to making large canvases to please collectors, Haring said, “I could earn more money if I just painted a few things and jacked up the price. My shop is an extension of what I was doing in the subway stations, breaking down the barriers between high and low art”.

Printed in four colours – black, red, brown and yellow – this work shows Haring’s mastery of screen printing as a medium. Though he had experimented with print techniques such as lithography in the late 70s and 80s it wasn’t until 1983 that Haring began making screen prints, or serigraphs, which offered a way of creating multiple images, that artists had adopted from the world of commercial printing. This move to screen printing was undoubtedly due in part to the method being popularised by Warhol, one of Haring’s most important influences, and soon he was producing ever more inventive and daring work.

It soon became evident that the energy and curiosity he demonstrated for painting translated perfectly into printmaking and he began to work with publishers across the US, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, France, Denmark and Holland. The prints featuring singular images were released as portfolios of four, each from an edition of 200, while the Quad prints— compiling four images in a grid format— were released in an edition of 75. Totalling 875 prints featuring the red-yellow-brown Pop Shop IV artworks and exemplifying the prolific productivity of Haring’s printmaking, each individual print nevertheless reflects the attentive care paid by Haring throughout the production process. Though initially the singular Pop Shop IV prints were released as four-part portfolios (and remain extremely valuable in their original sets of matching edition numbers) many portfolios have inevitably been divided.

By the time of his death, Haring had produced so many prints that the exact number has become impossible to count. There are many unsigned editions on the market, though these tend only to be considered valuable if approved by the Keith Haring Foundation. Today his prints are frequently among the most sought after multiples on the market.

  • 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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