Artist: Keith Haring
Title: Best Buddies
Size: Image: 22 x 27 ¾ in. (55.5 x 70 cm.). Sheet: 26 1⁄8 x 32 in. (66.2 x 81.4 cm.)
Medium: Screenprint in Colors on Coventry rag paper
Edition: 62 of 100
Year: 1990
Notes: Titled and numbered 'BEST BUDDIES 62⁄100' in pencil in the lower margin, numbered '62⁄100,' dated '4⁄25/90' and signed in pencil by Julia Gruen (Executor for the Keith Haring Estate), Jean-Paul Russell (Printer, Durham Press) and Anthony Shriver (Founder of the Best Buddies Organization) in pencil within the estate stamp on the reverse. Custom Framed. Littmann pp. 184-85
About: Rendered in the distinctive late graphic style of Keith Haring, "The King" unveils a vivid and intricate tableau of unconventional figures and symbols. Echoing Haring’s renowned Apocalypse series of 1988, this print employs bold strokes, expressive gestures, and bursts of color to fashion a dynamic composition that elicits a visceral response, conjuring notions of tumult and aggression.
Provenance: From the collection of Sir Elton John.
Title: Best Buddies
Size: Image: 22 x 27 ¾ in. (55.5 x 70 cm.). Sheet: 26 1⁄8 x 32 in. (66.2 x 81.4 cm.)
Medium: Screenprint in Colors on Coventry rag paper
Edition: 62 of 100
Year: 1990
Notes: Titled and numbered 'BEST BUDDIES 62⁄100' in pencil in the lower margin, numbered '62⁄100,' dated '4⁄25/90' and signed in pencil by Julia Gruen (Executor for the Keith Haring Estate), Jean-Paul Russell (Printer, Durham Press) and Anthony Shriver (Founder of the Best Buddies Organization) in pencil within the estate stamp on the reverse. Custom Framed. Littmann pp. 184-85
About: Rendered in the distinctive late graphic style of Keith Haring, "The King" unveils a vivid and intricate tableau of unconventional figures and symbols. Echoing Haring’s renowned Apocalypse series of 1988, this print employs bold strokes, expressive gestures, and bursts of color to fashion a dynamic composition that elicits a visceral response, conjuring notions of tumult and aggression.
Provenance: From the collection of Sir Elton John.