Untitled 1987
Untitled 1987
Signed Print
Keith Haring
£12,500-£18,000Value Indicator
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30 x 21cm, Edition of 100, Screenprint
Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 100
Year: 1987
Size: H 30cm x W 21cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: April 2023
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Meaning & Analysis
This signed silkscreen from 1988 is a limited edition of 100 by Keith Haring. Untitled shows an image of a large, red, genderless figure with its arms twisted to protrude through its stomach and head. Depicted in Haring's iconic linear style, the print is rendered in bright block colours of red, blue and yellow and created with thick, dark outlines.
This porous body and criss-cross of arms is reminiscent of Haring’s Art Attack On AIDS print from the same year. Since the brutal murder of John Lennon, shot to death in 1980, Haring became obsessed with creating images of figures with holes in their stomachs as a means to express the emptiness of grief. Haring developed this motif to create images that represent the violence inflicted on the bodies of people living with AIDS and the grief felt throughout the epidemic that hit New York in the 1980s.
In his use of simplified form and recognisable symbols throughout his work, Haring produces a true public art that communicates clear-cut narrative views on socio-political injustices of the time, notably the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. Untitled uses a clear visual vocabulary as a form of activist art that can be understood and easily recognised by the masses.
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
