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Apocalypse 6 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1988 - MyArtBroker

Apocalypse 6
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£7,000-£10,500Value Indicator

$14,000-$21,000 Value Indicator

$12,500-$19,000 Value Indicator

¥60,000-¥100,000 Value Indicator

8,500-12,500 Value Indicator

$70,000-$100,000 Value Indicator

¥1,340,000-¥2,010,000 Value Indicator

$9,000-$13,000 Value Indicator

-1% AAGR

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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 6 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £7,000 and £10,500. This screenprint, created in 1988, has shown consistent value growth and has an auction history of 8 total sales since its entry to the market on 28th April 2000. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £6,736 across 1 sale. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £6,736 in December 2024 to £17,272 in March 2023. The average annual growth rate of this work is currently at -1%. 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
March 2023Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
May 2022Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
September 2021Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
January 2017Phillips London United Kingdom
April 2009Phillips New York United States
June 2004Christie's London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The appropriated image of the Mona Lisa forms the focal point of the print and produces a jarring effect between the self-assured visual perfection of high art and rawness of Haring’s gestural marks. Defaced by Haring’s line drawings, the Mona Lisa has rays emanating from her head and appears to be placed against a cross. Highlighted by drip lines that appear like string, the large human-like figure appears to be controlling the Mona Lisa like a puppet with its large arms.

Haring’s visceral and uninhibited graffiti style, accentuated by the drip and splatter marks, makes clear his own bodily suffering due to AIDS and the aguish felt in relation to the chaos of contemporary events. Furthermore, by using the image of a puppet master in Apocalypse 6, Haring alludes to totalitarian-style manipulation and the oppressiveness of government indifference to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in 1980s America.

  • 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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