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KEITH HARING Untitled (Drawing for "Popeye").
Felt-tip pen and ink on wove paper, 1982. 352x430 mm; 13 7/8x16 7/8 inches. Signed, titled and dated "82 Nov. 12" in felt-tip pen and ink, right edge recto, and color notes in ball-point pen and ink, lower right recto.
Provenance: The editor of Popeye, Tokyo; private collection, Tokyo, 2022.
A preparatory design for a print to accompany an article on Haring's (1958-1990) art and life in New York in the Japanese men's fashion magazine Popeye. According to the article, Haring asked that the reproduced drawing be given a title by the viewer. The final color version appeared in Popeye, January 10, 1983, number 142, page 75, an issue of which accompanies this lot.
