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Fertility 2 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1983 - MyArtBroker

Fertility 2
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£40,000-£60,000Value Indicator

$80,000-$120,000 Value Indicator

$70,000-$110,000 Value Indicator

¥370,000-¥550,000 Value Indicator

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$390,000-$590,000 Value Indicator

¥7,660,000-¥11,490,000 Value Indicator

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12% AAGR

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 100

Year: 1983

Size: H 107cm x W 126cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Keith Haring’s Fertility 2 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £40,000 and £60,000. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 11%. This is a popular work with a steady auction history, having been sold 16 times at auction since its initial sale on 29th October 2005. In the past 12 months, the average selling price was £41,641, across 2 sales. Over the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £22,336 in June 2023 to £55,902 in April 2023. The average return to the seller is currently £34,201. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 100.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
November 2024Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
October 2024Phillips New York United States
June 2023Rago United States
April 2023Bukowskis, Stockholm Sweden
November 2022Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
March 2022Sotheby's New York United States
December 2021A.N. Abell Auction Company United States

Meaning & Analysis

The print’s central subject is a brightly coloured and spotted ancient Egyptian pyramid, a common motif in Haring’s work that symbolised both antiquity and eternity. Haring’s allusion to the mysteries of ancient civilisation are juxtaposed with the imagination of extraterrestrial civilisation through the depiction of UFOs that have come to represent positive energy and empowerment to those who are situated outside of accepted social norms.

Haring’s use of dashes, dots and large spots are used to allude to the lesions of people who live with HIV/AIDS. This landscape is seemingly overwhelmed by the disease and threatens the pregnant figure in the bottom left hand corner, whilst the unaffected UFOs attack the sacred monument in the centre. Haring was a prominent HIV/AIDS activist and Fertility 2 represents the saving of children and humanity from the horrors of illness and inactive leadership.

  • 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