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Silence Equals Death - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1989 - MyArtBroker

Silence Equals Death
Signed Print

Keith Haring

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99 x 99cm, Edition of 200, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 200

Year: 1989

Size: H 99cm x W 99cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: March 2024

Value Trend:

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March 2024
Bonhams Los Angeles
United States
N/A
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August 2023
Swann Galleries
United States
June 2021
Wright
United States
July 2020
Leonard Joel, Melbourne
Australia
December 2019
Koller Zurich
Switzerland
October 2018
Christie's New York
United States
October 2018
Sotheby's New York
United States
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The value of Keith Haring's Silence Equals Death (signed), a screenprint from 1989, is estimated to be worth between £70,000 and £100,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 33%. This is a rare piece with an auction history of 54 total sales since its entry to the market in October 2005. In the last 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £21,773 in June 2021 to £50,983 in August 2023. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200.

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Meaning & Analysis

Silence Equals Death is a direct reference to and adaptation of the AIDS activist group ACT UP’s poster of the same name, an image that became the defining image of AIDS activism in the 1980s. The central symbol of the pink triangle is an inversion of the badge worn in Nazi concentration camps to identify homosexual men. Appropriated by Gay activist groups throughout the 1980s, it is no wonder that Haring was drawn to this succinct and eye-catching symbol that holds so much moral weight.

The faceless and genderless figures that Haring depicts represent the piles of bodies observed at the liberation of concentration camps and may also allude to the thousands of tragic deaths to AIDS due to government negligence. Haring’s reworks the original ACT UP poster to reference the saying ‘See no evil, Speak no evil, Hear no evil’, with the countless figures that are layered over the triangle shown covering their eyes, mouth and ears with both hands. This motif was used to make criticise the Reagan administration’s refusal to acknowledge and discuss the AIDS crisis.

  • 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