Lot 575
  • 575

Keith Haring

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Keith Haring
  • Untitled (Snake and Pyramid)
  • signed and dated 8.8.81 on the reverse
  • marker on poster board
  • 20 by 26 in. 50.8 by 66 cm.

Provenance

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1992

Exhibited

New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Keith Haring: A Memorial Exhibition Early Works on Paper, May - June 1990, p. 5 and cover, illustrated

Condition

This work appears in good condition overall. The edges of the sheet, particularly the right edge, have yellowed with age. There are scattered accretions; the most evident is a 1 inch accretion located 7 inches from the top edge and 6 inches from the left edge. There is also mark measuring approximately 3/4 inch, which appears to be ball point pen, located 1 1/2 inches from the bottom edge and 1 inch from the right edge. There are six small dots of residual glue in the lower right corner, located 1/4 inch from the bottom edge and 1 1/2 inches from the right edge. The work is hinged to the matte at all four corners verso and framed under Plexiglas.
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