The Story Of Red And Blue 13
The Story Of Red And Blue 13
Signed Print
Keith Haring
£2,850-£4,250
$5,500-$8,500 Value Indicator
$5,000-$7,500 Value Indicator
¥26,000-¥40,000 Value Indicator
€3,400-€5,000 Value Indicator
$29,000-$45,000 Value Indicator
¥560,000-¥830,000 Value Indicator
$3,700-$5,500 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 90
Year: 1989
Size: H 55cm x W 42cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions - United States | The Story Of Red And Blue 13 - Signed Print | |||
| June 2015 | Karl & Faber - Germany | The Story Of Red And Blue 13 - Signed Print | |||
| June 2014 | Karl & Faber - Germany | The Story Of Red And Blue 13 - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Presented in the format of a children’s storybook, The Story Of Red And Blue 13 is a print from Keith Haring’s The Story Of Red And Blue series from 1989. The print is a signed colour lithograph and is a limited edition of 90.
Representative of Haring’s desire to create a visual language that appealed to both children and adults alike, the series is formed of a variety of simplified images reminiscent of children’s fictional characters. Throughout the series Haring limits his colour palette to bright red and blue and renders each image in his distinctive linear style with black rounded lines.
The Story Of Red And Blue 13 is the first image in the series that combines both red and blue brushstrokes alongside Haring’s trademark, bold lines. This print shows an abstracted image of a person’s face, with its features in unusual positions, working to create a comical and playful image.
Across the first half of the series, each print alternates in colour between red and blue and by this point in the series, the two colours appear together in the prints. In each print Haring uses simplified and generic pictograms to produce the effect of a children’s story book without a sensical storyline, where instead the story seems to focus abstractly on the colours red and blue.
