Name: Stones 3
Brand: Keith Haring
Rating: 5 (236 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of Keith Haring’s Stones 3 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £12,500 and £19,000. This lithograph print, created in 1989, has shown consistent value growth and has an auction history of one sale on 3rd February 2025. The average annual growth rate for this artwork is 7%. In the past 12 months, the average selling price was £10,785, with a total sales volume of 1. Over the past five years, the hammer price has remained steady. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 60.

Meaning & Analysis

This signed lithograph from 1989 is a limited edition of 60 from Keith Haring’s Stones series. Stones 3 shows a black and white abstract pattern and is a striking example of the Pop artist’s ability to create complex images while maintaining the simplicity of line he is known for.

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Produced as lithographs just one year before he passed away from AIDS-related complications, the works in this series are reminiscent of Haring’s early subway drawings, stealthily executed in white chalk on the black paper panels put up before a new advertisement was pasted in place, with which he made his name.

Stones 3 inverts Haring’s characteristic bold black lines to white to create an elaborate labyrinth or maze made up of his dancing figures’ limbs and concentric circles that could be seen as heads. Though the labyrinth is an enduring symbol of western art since the ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, the work also expresses Haring’s debt to non-western traditions, echoing the bold lines of Pre-Columbian art – especially those of Nazca lines – and aboriginal art. By bringing together these various influences, the Stones series can be seen as the epitome of Haring’s hybrid style that knew no difference between high and low, ancient and modern, east and west.