The Blueprint Drawings 14
The Blueprint Drawings 14
Signed Print
Keith Haring
£12,000-£18,000
$24,000-$35,000 Value Indicator
$22,000-$30,000 Value Indicator
¥110,000-¥170,000 Value Indicator
€14,500-€22,000 Value Indicator
$120,000-$180,000 Value Indicator
¥2,330,000-¥3,490,000 Value Indicator
$15,000-$23,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 33
Year: 1990
Size: H 97cm x W 112cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
| September 2015 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| October 2010 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| November 2007 | Bonhams San Francisco | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
The Blueprint Drawings 14 is a signed screen print by renowned Pop artist, Keith Haring. Released in 1990 in a limited edition of 33, this print is one of seventeen that make up The Blueprint Drawings series. This was Haring’s final cohesive series of prints and was aptly depicted in his trademark linear style that incorporated some of his most recognisable figurative symbols.
Throughout The Blueprint Drawings series there are images of radiating bodies, dotted landscapes and figures, UFO’s, barking dogs and penetration that come together to form an ambiguous narrative on homosexuality, otherness, and death.
Haring presents four frames in The Blueprint Drawing 14 organised into a square composition, showing the head of a figure being blown off by the radiating stick that features throughout the series. On the one hand the stick in Haring’s work has come to represent a weapon that is used to beat, torture and murder. At the same time, the stick symbolises supernatural power and is used to ‘activate’ other figures to give them strength and dynamism.
The Blueprint Drawings 14 is striking in graphic simplicity limited to black line against a white background, that conveys a unique sense of dynamism and energy. Conveyed through Haring’s use of radiating action lines, dotted surfaces and almost comical narratives, this is a fun image with complex undertones.
