Aug 19, 2021 - Sale 2578

Sale 2578 - Lot 200

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)


SAFE SEX!
Offset lithograph poster, 29x27 inches, 73 3/4x68 1/2 cm. 1987.

Haring 60.

Additional Details


"The motif was created in response to the AIDS epidemic and designed for use on many objects as stickers, condom cases, T-shirts and posters. Close friends of artist contracted AIDS in 1987, and he was worried about his own health. Haring was also diagnosed with the illness the following year." (Haring p. 117)