 |
| Keith Haring in his Pop Shop. More on the history of this bygone space can be found at pop-shop.com. |
 |
| This screenprint from Pop Shop I brought $6,000 at Swann in November 2013. |
Haring's (1958-1990) tragically short--yet illustrious--career included an exploration of printmaking that reflected the fervor and curiosity with which he approached art, and life in general. He experimented with nearly every form of printmaking, but is most well known for his boldly lined, often garishly colored silkscreen prints.
 |
| Pop Shop III, a set of four color screenprints from 1989, sold at Swann in November 2010 for $19,200. |
 |
| Swann auctioned this color screenprint from Haring's Pop Shop IV series in November 2014 for $8,50. |
Haring produced a series of screenprints, mostly in sets of four, in the years following the opening of the Pop Shop. This series captured many of his iconic symbols and imagery, which are scarcely seen together in their original sets. The exceptional Pop Shop IV, a complete set of four color screenprints from the iconic Pop Shop series, will be coming to auction at Swann on May 12.
Thanks go to Sylvie François for this post.