Apr 21, 2011 - Sale 2244

Sale 2244 - Lot 293

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
HARING, KEITH; AND ORTIZ, ANGEL. Two items, each with a small ink drawing by Haring: Autograph Letter Signed, by Haring * Photograph Postcard Signed, by both. The letter, intended for Angel Ortiz's teachers at the Seward Park High School Annex ("To Whom it May Concern"), explaining that Ortiz's absence from school is due to his traveling with Haring on his European exhibition tour. At the bottom of the page is a thumbnail-size sketch, showing a human figure on all fours. 1 page, 8vo, ruled paper with 3 holes punched in left margin. The postcard, "K.Haring / 83" by Haring, and "LA II" [Little Angel tag] by Ortiz, both on the correspondence side at center. At the left of the signatures is a small sketch of a dancing man. Oblong 12mo; minor scattered creases. [New York], 4 Nov[ember] 1983; Np, [19]83

Additional Details

"Angel Ortiz traveled with me to Milano, Italy leaving Oct. 7 and returning Oct. 14. He accompanied me on my art exhibition tour in Milano, Italy and Madrid, Spain. I [am] certain that it was an educational experience."
with--Keith Haring. Untitled booklet containing reproductions of his artwork. [New York]: Appearances Press, 1981. 16 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, stapled binding.
From the files of Angel Ortiz's home-room teacher at Seward Park High School Annex in 1983.