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The Story Of Red And Blue 19 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1989 - MyArtBroker

The Story Of Red And Blue 19
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£3,750-£5,500Value Indicator

$7,500-$11,000 Value Indicator

$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator

¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator

4,550-6,500 Value Indicator

$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator

¥710,000-¥1,050,000 Value Indicator

$4,700-$7,000 Value Indicator

21% AAGR

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 90

Year: 1989

Size: H 56cm x W 42cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Keith Haring's The Story Of Red And Blue 19 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,750 to £5,500. This lithograph print from 1989 is a rare artwork, with an auction history of five total sales since its entry to the market in May 2013. There have been no sales within the last 12 months. 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 2017Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
December 2015Artcurial France
June 2015Karl & Faber Germany
June 2014Karl & Faber Germany
May 2013Kaupp Auktions House Germany

Meaning & Analysis

Representative of Haring’s desire to create a visual language that appealed to both children and adults alike, the series is formed of a variety of simplified images reminiscent of children’s fictional characters. Throughout the series Haring limits his colour palette to bright red and blue and renders each image in his distinctive linear style with black rounded lines.

The Story Of Red And Blue 19 shows an image of two characters kissing in an unusual way with their mouths wide open. The character on the left has a bright red face and the one on the right has a blue face. Depicted through the use of simplistic shapes and bright, block colour, this print is a playful and appealing image that is reminiscent of a children’s storybook illustration.

Across the first half of the series, each print alternates in colour between red and blue but for the first time in the series, in this print the colours red and blue begin to merge. In each print Haring uses simplified and generic pictograms to produce the effect of a children’s story book without a sensical storyline, where instead the story seems to focus abstractly on the colours red and blue.

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