The Story Of Red And Blue 4
The Story Of Red And Blue 4
Signed Print
Keith Haring
£1,300-£1,950
$2,600-$3,900 Value Indicator
$2,350-$3,500 Value Indicator
¥12,000-¥18,000 Value Indicator
€1,600-€2,350 Value Indicator
$13,000-$19,000 Value Indicator
¥250,000-¥380,000 Value Indicator
$1,650-$2,500 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 | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | United States | |||
| April 2021 | Larsen Gallery | United States | |||
| December 2015 | Artcurial | France | |||
| June 2015 | Karl & Faber | Germany | |||
| June 2014 | Karl & Faber | Germany | |||
| April 2009 | Bonhams San Francisco | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
Taking the format of a children’s story book, The Story Of Red And Blue 4 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 4 shows a cartoon-like image of a baby holding a comically oversized rattle that is rendered with bright blue brushstrokes and black line over the top. This is a playful and appealing image that is reminiscent of traditional children’s story book illustrations, however throughout the series there seems not to be any cohesive storyline
Across the first half of the series, each print alternates in colour between red and blue and by the end of 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.
