1987
Keith Haring began experimenting with his bold, graphic lines and cartoon-inspired figures on the walls of New York City subway stations in the early 1980s. He called them his “laboratory,” places to develop a radical new aesthetic based on an ideology of creating truly democratic public art.
Haring’s paintings, prints and murals address the universal themes of death, love and sex, as well as contemporary issues he experienced personally, like the crack-cocaine and AIDS epidemics. They derive much of their impact from the powerful contrast between these serious subjects and the joyful, vibrant pictographic language he uses to express them, full of dancing figures, babies, barking dogs, hearts and rhythmic lines, as well as references to pop culture.
To make his art even more accessible, in 1986, Haring opened the Pop Shop in Soho. In a foreshadowing of today’s intermingling of art and fashion, the shop sold merchandise and novelty items featuring imagery by Haring and contemporaries like Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat. While his works sometimes included text, for the most part, he chose to communicate through drawing.
“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times,” Haring once declared. “It lives through magic.”
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Pop Shop I (D)
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Created by Keith Haring in 1987, Pop Shop I (Plate D) is an original color screenprint measuring 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm), unframed. The artwork is han...
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Pop Shop II (D)
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
From the second Pop Shop suite of four prints created by Keith Haring in 1988, Pop Shop II (Plate D) is a fun and highly collectible color screenprint measuring 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 3...
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Untitled
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Created by Keith Haring in 1985 as an original screenprint in colors, Untitled, 1985 is hand-signed, dated and numbered in pencil, measuring 23 ½ x 31 ½ in. (60 x 80 cm), unframed, f...
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Growing I
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
An iconic and highly collectible screenprint, Growing I, part of a five-print portfolio created by Keith Haring in 1988, the print is hand-signed in pencil, dated and numbered, measu...
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Growing II
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Iconic imagery with a playful content, either consciously or unconsciously influenced by indigenous art, Keith Haring’s Growing II is a brilliant ...
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Pop Shop Quad IV
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Created by the artist in 1989 as an original screenprint in colors, though published at the time of his death, Keith Haring’s, Pop Shop Quad IV is amo...
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Pop Shop IV (C)
By Keith Haring
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Keith Haring Pop Shop IV (C) 1989 Screenprint 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. Edition of 200 Pencil signed, dated, and numbered Condition: ...
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Pop Shop I (3)
By Keith Haring
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Keith Haring Title: Pop Shop I (3) Size: 12 × 15 in (30.5 × 38.1 cm) Medium: Silkscreen in colors on wove paper Edition: 151 of 200 Year: 1987 Notes: Hand signed, numbered, a...
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Pop Shop II (1), Hand Signed Screen Print by Keith Haring, 1988, Edition 48/200
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, numbered, and dated by Keith Haring. Screenprint in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, Image size 10.5 x 13.375 inches.. Sheet size 12 x 15 inches. Littmann p. ...
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Pop Shop Quad IV Screen Print, Hand Signed, Pop Art, 1989, Edition 67/75
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper. Stamped with the artist's estate and signed, dated and numbered by the executor, Julia Gruen, in pencil on the reverse. Artwork size 27 x 33 i...
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Untitled from Pop Shop V Screen Print, Pop Art, Signed, 39/200, 1989
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in colors, on wove paper. Stamped with the artist's estate and signed, dated and numbered by the executor, Julia Gruen, in pencil on the rever...
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Pop Shop II Plate 3 By Keith Haring
By Keith Haring
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Pop Shop II Plate 3 By Keith Haring Keith Haring was a visionary American artist and social activist known for his iconic, colorful, and dynamic graffiti-inspired artwork that eme...
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