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Fertility 4 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1983 - MyArtBroker

Fertility 4
Signed Print

Keith Haring

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$100,000-$160,000 Value Indicator

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21% 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 4 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £50,000 and £80,000. Over the past five years, the hammer price ranges from £33,990 in May 2021 to £52,240 in September 2022. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an impressive average annual growth rate of 21%. This work is somewhat rare, having been sold 13 times since its entry to the market in May 2003. 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
September 2022Wright United States
March 2022Sotheby's New York United States
March 2022Sotheby's New York United States
June 2021Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
May 2021Uppsala Auktionskammare Sweden
March 2019Christie's London United Kingdom
October 2017Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

Fertility 4 shows a bright pink figure covered in yellow dashes squatting in the centre of the work, with its arms around two pregnant figures shown in black and outlined in neon yellow. Due to the dashes on the figure’s body the central figure represents HIV/AIDS in this print and has a threatening presence. However, Haring includes an ankh cross, the Egyptian hieroglyphic for ‘life’ at the centre of the figure's stomach, thus presenting the paradox between the celebration of life and living with HIV/AIDS.

Though trapped by the grasp of the menacing central figure, the two pregnant figures can be seen high-fiving and dancing, emphasised by Haring’s use of bold rounded lines to cultivate a sense of energy and movement. The resulting image celebrates the fertility of the pregnant figures, underscored by the presence of Haring’s radiant baby symbol in the bottom right corner, as well as a caution to the perils of HIV/AIDS and how it affected pregnant women and their children in certain parts of Africa throughout the 1980s.

  • 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