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Apocalypse 3 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1988 - MyArtBroker

Apocalypse 3
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£6,000-£9,000Value Indicator

$12,000-$18,000 Value Indicator

$10,500-$16,000 Value Indicator

¥60,000-¥80,000 Value Indicator

7,000-11,000 Value Indicator

$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

¥1,150,000-¥1,720,000 Value Indicator

$7,500-$11,500 Value Indicator

3% 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: Screenprint

Edition size: 90

Year: 1988

Size: H 96cm x W 96cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Keith Haring’s Apocalypse 3 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £6,000 and £9,000. This screenprint, created in 1988, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. This work has an auction history of 11 total sales since its entry to the market in February 2002. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £5,052, across one total sale. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £5,052 in December 2024 to £9,072 in March 2022. The average annual growth rate of this work is 3%. 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
December 2024Karl & Faber Germany
October 2023Bonhams Los Angeles United States
May 2023Uppsala Auktionskammare Sweden
March 2023Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
March 2022Christie's London United Kingdom
September 2021Bonhams Los Angeles United States
March 2021Forum Auctions London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

A giant phallus hangs over the scene of deformed figures, ‘devil sperm’, planes, army vehicles and a set of stairs that anchor the composition. The central image is a collaged 1950s-era magazine clipping showing a mother feeding her child, used by Haring to create a dialogue between dissimilar worlds and shock the viewer. Haring uses his linear style to draw on top of the image and contextualise the mother and child within the chaotic scene, notably adding mitre-like headdresses on the figures that renders the figures sacred. The image also shows the tail of the ‘devil sperm’ infecting the child’s milk bottle, alluding to the transmission of HIV from mother to child during the epidemic.

Producing a social commentary on the stigmas surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Haring’s line drawings directly relate death and danger to sexuality and promiscuity. By placing the clipping of mother and child within the print, Haring creates a jarring image that dissolves boundaries between ‘good’ and ‘evil’, and injects a moment of purity into the violent scene.

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