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Pyramid (gold I) - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1989 - MyArtBroker

Pyramid (gold I)
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£30,000-£45,000Value Indicator

$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

$50,000-$80,000 Value Indicator

¥270,000-¥410,000 Value Indicator

35,000-50,000 Value Indicator

$290,000-$440,000 Value Indicator

¥5,670,000-¥8,510,000 Value Indicator

$35,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

1% AAGR

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 30

Year: 1989

Size: H 103cm x W 145cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Keith Haring’s Pyramid (gold I) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £30,000 and £45,000. This screenprint, created in 1989, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 1%. This work has an auction history of 12 total sales since its entry to the market in December 2001. In the last 12 months, there have been no sales, but over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £28,363 in June 2023 to £32,725 in October 2021. The average annual growth rate of this work is 1% and the edition size is limited to 30.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2023Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany
October 2021Christie's New York United States
June 2019Phillips London United Kingdom
April 2019Christie's New York United States
June 2018Phillips London United Kingdom
September 2016Christie's New York United States
March 2016Lempertz, Cologne Germany

Meaning & Analysis

The print has a compulsive quality that fills out across the canvas that contrasts to Haring’s typical use of simplified form. There is a flow to his use of line that works alongside the symmetrical composition whereby the eye follows the electric lines in harmony with the image. In Haring’s work, the pyramid is a common pictogram used to symbolise ancient civilisation and stability. In choosing to depict a scene of chaos and debauchery in the pyramid shape, Haring injects the work with a moralistic charge.

Haring’s influence from Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, comes to the forefront in this image. Hideously deformed beasts populate the scene and the human figures can be seen to be torturing one another. Bosch’s work is famous for its moralistic tone and Haring is citing this, in his distinct cynical approach, to present a dire warning on the perils of sexual joy.

  • 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