The Blueprint Drawings 7
The Blueprint Drawings 7
Signed Print
Keith Haring
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 33
Year: 1990
Size: H 108cm x W 135cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| April 2012 | Sotheby's London | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2011 | Christie's New York | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
Completed the year of the artist’s tragic death by AIDS in 1990, The Blueprint Drawings 7 is a signed screen print from Keith Haring’s The Blueprint Drawings series and is a limited edition of 33.
Originally produced as unique works on paper with Sumi ink, Haring displayed these works in a one-week exhibition in Manhattan in 1980 where not a single drawing was sold. However, he did find success in the sale of several blueprint copies of the original drawings and so revisited the subject in 1990, a month before his tragic death creating a portfolio of 17 screen prints of the original images.
Throughout the series Haring revisits recurring pictograms to communicate complex ideas through a simplistic visual language. In The Blueprint Drawings 7 Haring uses dots to convey the otherness of homosexuality and illness, specifically AIDS, and thus presents the dotted figure as infected. Furthermore, throughout Haring’s oeuvre the stick is a commonly used weapon, used as a means to activate figures, creatures and objects with power and strength.
The Blueprint Drawings 7 shows two anonymous figures rendered in black and white in Haring’s iconic linear style, notably the figure on the right is hanging from its hands and has dots across its body. The uninfected figure on the left is seen poking a stick through the dotted figure’s stomach to exaggerate the dotted figure’s otherness.
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
