Lot 70
  • 70

Keith Haring

Estimate
1,400,000 - 1,800,000 USD
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Description

  • Keith Haring
  • Tree of Life
  • signed, dated 1985, and inscribed NYC Sept 7, 1985 In memory of Maria Dahlin on the reverse
  • acrylic on canvas
  • 118 x 144 in. 300 x 366 cm.

Provenance

Silvana Coveri Collection, Florence
Enrico Navarra, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Aachen, Ludwig Forun für Internationale Kunst, Keith Haring, 2000, p. 68
Karlsruhe, Museum für Neue Kunst; Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Keith Haring - Heaven and Hell, September 2001 - July 2002, cat. no. 18, p. 68, illustrated in color
Milan, Triennale de Milano, The Keith Haring Show, 2005, p. 251
Luxembourg, Dexia Banque Internatinale à Luxembourg, Keith Haring, June - September 2007, pp. 158 - 159, illustrated in color

Condition

Tree of Life This work is in very good condition. There are handling and soiling marks in the upper right and upper left corners. There are a few light soft crimps to the tarp support scattered intermittently over the surface, probably related to previous rolling of the tarp, but the pigment surface is intact. There are slight small scuffs in the green tree located 1) 36" up from the bottom and 61" in from the left edge 2) 61" up from the bottom and 12" up from the bottom 3) 55" up from the bottom and 55" in from the left edge. There is a black scuff, possibly rubbed from the pigment outlines, located between the hands of the bottom two figures. The tarp has metal grommets around the edges for installation and is unframed.
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