1985
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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Untitled from Pop Shop I Screen Print, Hand Signed, Edition 138/200, 1988
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. Frame size a...
Paper, Screen
Untitled, from Three Lithographs by Keith Haring, Signed, Edition 59/80, 1985
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in black and red, on BFK Rives paper. Hand signed and dated lower right by Keith Haring. Hand numbered 59/80 lower right (there were also twenty artist's proofs). Sheet...
Paper, Lithograph
Untitled (Plate 6) Lithograph on Arches Paper, Signed, Pop Art, 1982
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
From Untitled 1-6, Keith Haring's first series of printed works. Lithograph on Arches paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered in red crayon by the artist. Published by Barbara Gladsto...
Paper, Lithograph
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...
Paper, Screen
Ludo, Plate 5 Hand Signed Lithograph, Pop Art, 1985, 39/90, Framed
By Keith Haring
Located in Aventura, FL
Plate 5 from Ludo portfolio. Lithograph in colors on arches paper. Hand signed and dated on front by Keith Haring. Hand numbered 39/90 on front (there are also 15 artist proofs). ...
Paper, Lithograph
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...
Paper, Screen
Pop Shop I Screen Print, Keith Haring, 1987, Signed, 1980s
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Keith Haring Pop Shop I (Littmann PP. 83), is the fourth and final print in the artist’s Pop Shop I portfolio of 1987. This silkscreen depicts two figures, one purple figure holding ...
Screen
Untitled (Free South Africa), one plate
By Keith Haring
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Keith Haring Title: Untitled (Free South Africa): one plate Size: 39 7/8 x 39 1/2 in. (81 x 100.3 cm) Medium: Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins Ed...
Lithograph
Keith Haring Pop Shop II Screen Print, 1988, New Wave Style
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Keith Haring Pop Shop II (Littmann 97) is the third print in the artist's Pop Shop II portfolio of 1988. This series of prints was a continuation on the "Pop Shop" portfolios which e...
Screen
Keith Haring Drawings poster 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1982)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi Gallery 1982: The much historic early Keith Haring exhibition poster, illustrated by Haring on the occasion of: 'Keith Haring Drawings' Oct. 9 - Nov. 13 - ...
Lithograph, Offset
Pop Shop I, 1987 Screen Print on Paper, Unsigned, 12 x 15 Inches
By Keith Haring
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Pop Shop I (L. pp. 82-83) By Keith Haring Keith Haring was a visionary American artist and social activist known for his iconic, colorful, and dynamic graffiti-inspired artwork tha...
Paper, Screen
Growing (Plate 3), from the Growing Portfolio
By Keith Haring
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Keith Haring Title: Growing (Plate 3), from the Growing Portfolio Size: 40 x 30 Inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Medium: Screenprint in colors, on Lenox Museum Board, with full mar...
Screen
