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The Valley Page 5 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1989 - MyArtBroker

The Valley Page 5
Signed Print

Keith Haring

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36 x 30cm, Edition of 80, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 80

Year: 1989

Size: H 36cm x W 30cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: October 2023

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October 2023
Rago
United States
£1,670
£1,965
£2,476
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The value of Keith Haring’s The Valley Page 5 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,300 and £3,450. This etching from 1989 has an auction history of one sale on 12th October 2023. The average annual growth rate of this work is not available. The hammer price for this artwork during the last five years has ranged from £1,670 in October 2023 to £1,670 in October 2023. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 80.

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Meaning & Analysis

The ominous texts by Burroughs are printed in red ink alongside each image in the series and complement the energy of Haring’s drawings. The Valley Page 5 has the frenzy of an artist trying to process life and death amidst the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York that infiltrated the LGBT community. Haring’s later works such as The Valley Page 5 have been compared within art historical narratives to the chaotic storytelling of Hieronymus Bosch and the fierce liveliness of his friend and contemporary Jean-Michael Basquiat.

Depicted exclusively in black and white, this print shows a man whose flesh is rotting away, reflecting the Burroughs text that describes a strain of corn that causes the gums, teeth and skin to decay. This gruesome text, alongside Haring’s carefully rendered image are in stark contrast to his earlier drawings of bright, dancing figures, however The Valley series remains a powerful work in the artist’s oeuvre.

  • 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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