Keith Haring

Private Collection, Le Mans (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Le Mans, Village des 24 heures du Mans (Stand 49), Art et Sport: Keith Haring—François Boisrond, June 1984
Le Mans, Palais des Congrès et de la Culture, Art et Sport: 24 heures du Mans 1984, November 1984
Le Mans, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, François Boisrond—Keith Haring, May 1987

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling along the edges and within the image, including minor intermittent wrinkling and creasing to the sheet, most notably in the lower left quadrant and a soft crease in the upper left corner. There are artist’s pinholes in each corner. Under very close inspection, a few pinpoint and unobtrusive dark yellow spot accretions are visible approximately 5-inches above the main figure’s eyes and a minor, unobtrusive brown spot accretion is visible in the upper left corner. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat intermittently along the edges. Framed under glass.
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"When you're drawing, it's completely separate because 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