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Apocalypse 1 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1988 - MyArtBroker

Apocalypse 1
Signed Print

Keith Haring

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97 x 97cm, Edition of 90, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 90

Year: 1988

Size: H 97cm x W 97cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: September 2023

Value Trend:

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
September 2023
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
£8,567
£10,079
£12,700
March 2023
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
October 2022
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Netherlands
April 2022
Dorotheum, Vienna
Austria
March 2022
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
June 2021
Germann Auctions
Switzerland
October 2020
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
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The value of Keith Haring’s Apocalypse 1 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £10,000 and £15,000. This screenprint, created in 1988, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. This work has an auction history of 13 total sales since its entry to the market in February 2002. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £5,505 in June 2021 to £10,079 in September 2023. The average return to the seller for this artwork is £6,635. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 90.

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Meaning & Analysis

Throughout Haring’s work, the mushroom cloud is a signifier of death and destruction alluding to the idea of the final apocalypse, as also seen in his Anti-Nuclear Rally poster (1982). Amidst the devastating effects of the AIDS crisis, Haring related the concept of nuclear holocaust to views held by the Jesus Movement on Revelation to forecast the end of the world. Haring directly correlates sexuality with death in his depiction of enormous horned sperm, a demoniacal personification of death in relation to sex, and by extension, the AIDS virus. The ‘devil sperm’ motif is repeated multiple times throughout the series.

Embedded in the print are two reproductions of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, defaced by Haring with black X’s over her eyes. The appropriation of this image integrates divergent subjects from contemporary culture and history, thus producing a jarring effect between the self-assured visual perfection of high art and rawness of Haring’s gestural marks. Haring’s visceral and uninhibited graffiti style, accentuated by the drip and splatter marks, makes clear his own bodily suffering due to AIDS and the anguish felt in relation to contemporary events.

  • 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

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