Keith Haring, Pop Shop IV (Plate 4), from the Pop Shop IV Portfolio, 1989 |
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| Artist: | Keith Haring (1958 - 1990) |
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| Title: | Pop Shop IV (Plate 4), from the Pop Shop IV Portfolio, 1989 |
| Reference: | Littmann P. 147 b |
| Series: | Pop Shop IV, 1989 |
| Medium: | Silkscreen |
| Image Size: | 14 ½ in x 11 1/4 in (36.8 cm x 28.6 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 16 ½ in x 13 ½ in (41.9 cm x 34.3 cm) |
| Framed Size: | approx. 21 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in (54.6 cm x 47 cm) |
| Edition: | Numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil in the lower right margin. |
| Signature: | This work is hand-signed by Keith Haring (Reading, 1958 – New York, 1990) in pencil in the lower right margin. |
| Condition: | This work is in excellent condition. |
| ID # | W-10149 |
Keith Haring Pop Shop IV (Plate 4), 1989 is a captivating print that features two barking dogs, one of Haring’s signature motifs. Their mouths open wide and release barks implied by the six black action lines in the center of the composition. The red of the dogs contrasts nicely with the bright yellow sky behind them. Barking dogs can be seen in many works throughout Haring’s career, and were sometimes shown with human figures or UFOs. The symmetry of this print in incredibly pleasing to the eye, and yet Haring maintains a human element in its imperfectness. This print is truly a great example of Haring’s artistic vision and a testament to his mastery of line and color.
Haring created multiple Pop Shop portfolios during the span of his career and derived the name from his original Pop Shop that he opened in a retail space in downtown New York in 1986. This shop was opened with the intention of making the artist’s work accessible to the general public, and this accessibility is an explicitly Pop sentiment.
Keith Haring’s Pop Shop IV (Plate 4), 1989 is part of a portfolio of four screenprints in the artist’s Pop Shop III portfolio of 1987. This body of work depicts some of the artist’s iconic figures in a limited palette of red, brown, yellow and black. Also featured in this portfolio are Pop Shop IV (Plate 1), Pop Shop IV (Plate 2) and Pop Shop IV (Plate 3).
Created in 1989, this silkscreen is hand-signed by Keith Haring (Reading, 1958 – New York, 1990) in pencil in the center right image and numbered from the edition of 200 in pencil in the center right image.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Keith Haring Pop Shop IV (Plate 4), from the Pop Shop IV Portfolio, 1989 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work).
1. Klaus Littman. Keith Haring: Editions on Paper 1982-1990, The Complete Printed Works. Hatje Cantz Publishers: New York, 1993. Listed and illustrated on pg. 147 b.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this artwork.
About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Keith Haring Pop Shop IV (Plate 4), from the Pop Shop IV Portfolio, 1989 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.
