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The Story Of Red And Blue 16 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1989 - MyArtBroker

The Story Of Red And Blue 16
Signed Print

Keith Haring

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53 x 40cm, Edition of 90, Lithograph

Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 90

Year: 1989

Size: H 53cm x W 40cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: April 2022

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Location
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April 2022
Wright
United States
£2,164
£2,546
£3,183
December 2015
Artcurial
France
November 2015
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions
Germany
June 2015
Karl & Faber
Germany
June 2014
Karl & Faber
Germany
May 2013
Kaupp Auktions House
Germany
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The value of Keith Haring's The Story Of Red And Blue 16, a signed lithograph print from 1989, is estimated to be worth between £2,350 and £3,500. This work has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. This is a rare artwork, having been sold 6 times at auction since its initial sale on 10th May 2013. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 90.

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Meaning & Analysis

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 16 shows an image of a bright red car with blue wheels positioned along the vertical axis of the frame. A cartoon-like figure is seen next to the car and appears to be shouting. 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.

  • 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

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