Keith Haring

248 KEITH HARING Untitled, 1983 felt-tip pen on inside cover of exhibition catalogue produced by Tony Shafrazi, 1982 closed 9 x 9 7/8 in. (22.9 x 25.1 cm.) Signed, dedicated and dated "For Francis, K. Haring '83" on the interior of the book cover. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Estate of Keith Haring. Estimate $10,000 - 15,000 248 KEITH HARING

Keith Haring (Kutztown 1958–1990 New York) Untitled, 1982, on reverse with stamp, inscription, this signed and dated by Paolo Buggiani: “Keith Haring”/ Historic document of Street-Art/ From New York Subway/ Preserv by Paolo Buggiani/1982/1983, white chalk on black paper, laid down on canvas, 50 x 83 cm, in Plexiglas box, (PP) Provenance: Paolo Buggiani, New York Galleria Giulia, Rome Private Collection, Europe Exhibition: 1996, Rome, Galleria Giulia, Keith Haring. Subway Drawings e la New York Street Art, Subway Drawings and New York Street Art 1980/86, exhibition catalogue page 23 with ill.

Lot Description Keith Haring (1958-1990) Red-Yellow-Blue #2 acrylic on canvas 84 x 48 1/8 in. (213.3 x 122.2 cm.) Painted in 1987. Provenance Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1988 Exhibited New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Keith Haring: Sculpture and Paintings, January-February 1987. New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Spring Fever, March-June 2012. View Lot Notes > In 1987 Keith Haring paid homage in a series of works to the recognized 20th Century master of line, Pablo Picasso. Specifically, Haring references Picasso's assimilation of African tribal art in a grouping of paintings and three-dimensional large-scale masks created for his show at the Shafrazi Gallery in 1987. In these pictures, Haring limits his palate to primary colors and black. In the present painting, Haring incorporates allusions to Maori tattoos. The simplicity, playfulness and whimsy of his compositions prevail to make this example quintessentially Keith Haring.

LOT 289 KEITH HARING 1958 - 1990 UNTITLED (ACROBATS) incised with the artist's signature and stamped with the date 1986 and number 6/10 on the base polyurethane enamel on aluminum 24 3/4 by 15 1/2 by 16 1/2 in. 62.9 by 39.4 by 41.9 cm. Executed in 1986, this work is number 6 from an edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Estate of Keith Haring.

LOT 254 KEITH HARING 1958 - 1990 ICONS The complete portfolio, comprising five screenprints in colors, with embossing, 1990, each with the Estate stamp on the verso, signed in pencil by Julia Gruen, the Executor of the Keith Haring Estate, each numbered 169/250 (total edition includes 25 artist's proofs), with justification, on Arches Cover Paper, published by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, contained in the original red cloth-covered portfolio box (5 prints) each sheet 535 by 635 mm 21 by 25 in