Keith Haring

Keith Haring Handwritten letter 1986 (Keith Haring letter)

1986

Keith Haring handwritten letter 1989: A rare 1989 handwritten letter by Keith Haring executed on the artist's personal stationary. An endearing personal response by Haring to a young...

Keith Haring at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 15th – 12th May, 1986: Signed Keith Haring Stedelijk Museum exhibitio...

Kenny Scharf drawing 1998 (book drawing): 1990's Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf exhibition catalogue featuring a signed & inscribed Kenny Scharf drawing. Further ba...

Keith Haring drawing Japan 1982: Keith Haring executed this rare double drawing during his key breakout year of 1982 in collaboration with the historic Japanese pop cultural publication: Popeye. The work emanates from the personal collection of a Popeye magazine editor, with the final versions published in the January 10, 1983 edition of the magazine (included with the purchase of this work). Corresponding to such, are a series of hand-written publishing instructions by Haring & a bold well-preserved signature dated November 1982 along the right margin(s). This visually rich 1982 drawing is defined by Haring dancing figures, lizards, televisions, a three-eyed face - visual elements at the core of what would define Keith Haring’s style for years to come. Further details as follows: Medium: Felt-tip pen and ink on wove paper, 1982. Dimensions: 14x17 inches. Good overall vintage condition; contains two folded flaps outside drawings; softened vertical creases in flaps; minor signs of handling; minor edge wear at top; pale toning and scattered spotting with some scattered, small mild staining; adhesive/tape residue on the verso. Signed, titled and dated: "82 Nov. 12" in felt-tip pen and ink, right edge recto, with Haring's notes in ball-point pen and ink, lower right recto. Provenance: Popeye magazine editor, Tokyo; gifted to a private collection, Tokyo; Swann Auction galleries, New York. Accompanied by a letter of provenance. Literature/References: Published in the January 10, 1983 edition of Popeye: issue number 142, pages 75 & 97, respectively. This publication is included with the purchase of this work. “Drawing is making a mark and cutting into space and just finding something that didn’t exist before. It’s pure creation in its simplest form.” — Keith Haring Related Categories: Keith Haring drawings. Keith Haring 1983. Basquiat. Andy Warhol. Keith Haring three eyed face. Keith Haring Japan...

1983 Keith Haring Dancing Figures drawing on Keith Haring World Tour hat: A rare, historic Keith Haring collectible featuring a sharply executed black mar...

Takashi Murakmai Flowers Drawing 2018: A unique Takashi Murakami hand-drawing featuring the artist’s 2 most iconic motifs: Flowers & DOB. This work was executed in 2018 on the interior front page of the 2018 exhibition catalogue: Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg. Hand signed and dated. Medium: Felt tip marker drawing on a removed interior exhibition catalog page (Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg). Approximate Dimensions. 11.25 x 9.5 inches. Signed and dated in ink on the lower edge. Unique. Very good overall condition. Provenance: Private collection, Washington, D.C. Swann Auction galleries New York. Takashi Murakami (American/Japanese, b.1962) is a painter and sculptor famous for his integration of Fine Art, commercialism, Japanese aesthetics, and cultural criticism into his work. Murakami received his BFA, MFA, and PhD from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he studied Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting). He first gained recognition as a sculptor during the early 1990s, exploring otaku (the Japanese term for an obsession with anime and cartoons) and the contradictions between contemporary Japanese society and American culture in his work. In 1996, he created the Hiropon Factory in Japan, which later developed into Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., a large art-making and artist management corporation. Murakami is also a curator and a critical observer of Japanese art. In 2000, he founded the "superflat" movement, a post-modern style drawing inspiration from Japanese manga (comics created in Japan), graphic design...

Bright orang/red pop art featuring penguins. Hand embellished with paint and inks and signed by James McQueen, this is edition 1/1 making it unique. Wonderful collectible artwork.

"Hidden Sophia" by Ceravolo Ceravolo has been creating his intriguing portraits for four decades, mixing different images within the same portrait. "Hidden Sophia" features a vin...

Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...

Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...

Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...

Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...