No. 95883498

Keith Haring - Colorbook & signed Appendix - 1986
No. 95883498

Keith Haring - Colorbook & signed Appendix - 1986
An original Keith Haring Coloring Book published by De Harmonie Amsterdam in 1986, consisting of 20 pages printed in black and white. Along with a (faint) marker-signed color appendix (Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum exhibition in 1986). The book and the appendix were owned by Marijke Vogtschmidt (Peter van Straaten's first wife).
Specifications:
Technique: Lithography
Coloring Book, 20 pages
Print run: 500 copies, signed in the print.
Date: 1986
Book format: 30 x 30 cm
Publisher: De Harmonie, Amsterdam
Haring was born on May 4, 1958 (Reading, Pennsylvania), and died on February 16, 1990 (New York). He was an American artist. Keith Haring's art is sometimes (incorrectly) called pop art, but terms like graffiti art, urban art, and street art are also used. His cartoon-like paintings and drawings addressed topics such as AIDS, sex, drugs, and apartheid.
From a young age, his love for drawing was evident. His father, who also drew comic stories, proved to be an important source of inspiration. Through books and museums, he was introduced to modern art, and the work of Andy Warhol influenced him.
He studied at the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, but he was not interested in the commercial aspect of the education. Therefore, he left the school. In 1976, he had his first major exhibition in Pittsburgh. Around this time, his style also became clear: abstract figures that continually collapse into each other and that can fill large spaces. In addition to Warhol, he was influenced by Pierre Alechinsky, Christo, and Jean Dubuffet. He was particularly drawn to Christo's attitude towards art: art is for everyone and not just for the elite.
At 19 years old (1978), he moved to New York and received a scholarship to study at The School of Visual Arts. In the subway, he discovered art in the graffiti he saw there. He worked hard at school and developed his own unique style of visual communication through paintings, sound, and film. He made chalk drawings on empty billboards in the subway, drew on the streets, and gained increasing recognition. Because he embraced the idea of non-commercial 'art for everyone,' it became more difficult to sell his own work.
He exhibited in 1982 with paintings, sculptures, painted pieces of canvas, and on-site work at Galerie Shafrazi. The interest was considerable. In the years thereafter, he exhibited worldwide. Haring also created a lot of decorative art, for example on vases and T-shirts. He sold affordable products for a broad audience in his own store in New York City and Tokyo: The Pop Shop. In 1985, he decorated the body of singer Grace Jones and contributed to her video 'I'm Not Perfect'.
In 1988, he was told he had AIDS. During that period, he frequently used it as a subject of his art and became part of the ACT UP campaign in New York City. Keith Haring died in 1990 as a result of his illness.
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