Lot 181
  • 181

Keith Haring

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Keith Haring
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated Le Mans June 16-84 on the reverse
  • Sumi ink on paper
  • 19 5/8 by 25 3/8 in. 49.8 by 64.5 cm.

Provenance

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

Exhibited

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 BoisrondKeith Haring, May 1987

Literature

“Beaux-Arts,” Nitro, September 1984, Ed. 40

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist’s working method. There is minor evidence of wear and handling along the edges including faint wrinkling along the upper right edge, faint creasing at the corners and a minor 1-inch abrasion in the lower right corner. There are artist’s pinholes in each corner and along the edges, some of which have opened. Under very close inspection, scattered areas of dry cracking to the thickly painted black areas are visible. The sheet is hinged verso to the intermittently along the edges. Framed under glass.
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