Lot 158
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Keith Haring

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Keith Haring
  • Untitled
  • signed, dated 1989 and numbered 13/25 on the underside
  • ink on terracotta vessel
  • 9 1/4 by 28 1/2 by 28 1/2 in. 23.5 by 72.4 by 72.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1989, this work is number 13 from an edition of 25 published by Monique Nellens and Gallery 121, Belgium.

Provenance

Private Collection
De Vuyst, Lokeren, October 27, 2012, lot 535
Acquired by the present owner from above sale

Exhibited

New York, Malca Fine Art, In Your Face, June - August 1997, p. 33, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Literature

Exh. Cat., Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, Keith Haring, 2007,  p. 47, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is some minor wear and a few faint accretions noted along the exterior upper rim of the vessel. Upon very close inspection, there is some scattered very fine, short separation in the terracotta, inherent to the medium.
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