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Ludo 2 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1985 - MyArtBroker

Ludo 2
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£7,500-£11,500Value Indicator

$15,000-$23,000 Value Indicator

$13,500-$21,000 Value Indicator

¥70,000-¥110,000 Value Indicator

9,000-14,000 Value Indicator

$70,000-$110,000 Value Indicator

¥1,410,000-¥2,170,000 Value Indicator

$9,500-$14,500 Value Indicator

36% 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: Lithograph

Edition size: 90

Year: 1985

Size: H 48cm x W 66cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Keith Haring's Ludo 2 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £7,500 and £11,500. This lithograph print, created in 1985, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 34%. This work has an auction history of five sales since its entry to the market in April 2008. In the last 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £2,395 in April 2020 to £7,500 in October 2020. 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
October 2020Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
April 2020Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers United States
November 2019Swann Galleries United States
June 2015Ketterer Kunst Hamburg Germany
April 2008Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers United States

Meaning & Analysis

Haring’s print is reminiscent of Aztec or Aboriginal art through his use of flowing, organic shapes and thick bold lines to create a pattern that plays out across the image surface. Explaining why many of his works resemble Aztec or Aboriginal art, Haring has said “My drawings don’t try to imitate life; they try to create life, to invent life,” something that he believed aligned with so-called primitive ideas. Ludo 2 is exemplary of this notion by forming a rhythmic, kinetic composition that focuses on pattern rather than realism.

Throughout the Ludo series, Haring maintains a dominance of the colour red, depicting eyes, limbs, and other body parts in abstracted forms. There is a sense of anxiety running through each print that differs from much of his earlier work, alluding to a turning point in Haring’s life. As the AIDS epidemic overwhelmed his community in the mid-1980s, Haring’s work began to reflect the difficulties he was facing in his personal life.

  • 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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