The Story Of Red And Blue 15
The Story Of Red And Blue 15
Signed Print
Keith Haring
£3,600-£5,500
$7,000-$10,500 Value Indicator
$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator
¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator
€4,300-€6,500 Value Indicator
$35,000-$60,000 Value Indicator
¥700,000-¥1,070,000 Value Indicator
$4,650-$7,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 90
Year: 1989
Size: H 56cm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Bonhams Knightsbridge - United Kingdom | The Story Of Red And Blue 15 - Signed Print | |||
| December 2015 | Artcurial - France | The Story Of Red And Blue 15 - Signed Print | |||
| June 2014 | Karl & Faber - Germany | The Story Of Red And Blue 15 - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Presented in the format of a children’s storybook, The Story Of Red And Blue 15 is a print from Keith Haring’s The Story Of Red And Blue series from 1989. This signed colour lithograph 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 15 shows two figures from an aerial view with their arms stretched outward as though they might embrace one another. Haring uses thick brushstrokes of red and blue at the top and bottom of the image to anchor the composition. Depicted through the use of simplistic shapes and bright, block colour, this print is a playful and appealing image that is reminiscent of a children’s storybook illustration.
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.
