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Bad Boys 5 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1986 - MyArtBroker

Bad Boys 5
Signed Print

Keith Haring

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51 x 66cm, Edition of 30, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 30
Year: 1986
Size: H 51cm x W 66cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: June 2022
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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
June 2022
Bonhams New York
United States
$5,500
$6,500
$8,500
November 2011
AAG: Arts & Antiques Group
Netherlands
November 2007
Freeman's
United States
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The value of Keith Haring's Bad Boys 5 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,550 to £7,000. This screenprint, created in 1986, has shown consistent value growth since its initial sale in November 2007. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of three total sales. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 30.

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Meaning & Analysis

Haring’s Bad Boys series is one of the few works that stipulates the gender of the figures in each print. This is an explicit celebration of Haring’s own sexuality, and the artist’s energetic, frenzy of bold lines used to depict the figure in Bad Boys 5 is a testament to this. Moreover, this print is distinguishable in that Haring depicts the figure with a face, unusual when considered alongside his early figurative work.

The sexually explicit subject matter of Haring’s Bad Boys series is indicative of a turning point in the artist’s career, when the HIV/AIDS epidemic hit the LGBT+ community in 1980s New York. As an openly gay artist and activist in the LGBT rights movement, Haring used his work to fight against homophobia and advocate for safe sex, awareness and research around HIV and AIDS.