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Free South Africa 1 - Signed Print by Keith Haring 1985 - MyArtBroker

Free South Africa 1
Signed Print

Keith Haring

£10,500-£16,000Value Indicator

$21,000-$30,000 Value Indicator

$19,000-$29,000 Value Indicator

¥90,000-¥140,000 Value Indicator

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¥2,020,000-¥3,090,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 60

Year: 1985

Size: H 81cm x W 100cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Keith Haring’s Free South Africa 1 (signed) is estimated to be worth between £10,500 and £16,000. Over the past 12 months, the artwork has sold once, with an average selling price of £11,453. In the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £11,453 in April 2024 to £20,635 in December 2021. The average annual growth rate of this lithograph print from 1985 is 3%. This work is part of a limited edition of 60 and has a strong auction history, having been sold 9 times since its initial sale in May 2008.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
April 2024Bukowskis, Stockholm Sweden
June 2023Phillips New York United States
June 2023Phillips London United Kingdom
April 2023Bukowskis, Stockholm Sweden
December 2021Dorotheum, Vienna Austria
June 2021Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
June 2016Hagelstam Finland

Meaning & Analysis

Both figures in the print appear to be in a struggle, with the rope around the larger figure’s neck morphing into a serpent head that eats the small, white figure. The presence of radiating lines and dashes work to bring movement to the image, conveying the rage of the black figure and worry of the white figure who is about to be eaten.

Printing and distributing around 20,000 poster versions of this print in New York City in 1986, Haring worked tirelessly to mobilise support against apartheid. Though there are countless examples of Haring’s screen prints on the market, his lithographs are rarer. Haring produced many large editions throughout his career, but each is characterised by the careful precision and vibrancy of the one that comes before it, demonstrating his mastery of the process.

  • Keith Haring was a luminary of the 1980s downtown New York scene. His distinctive visual language pioneered one-line Pop Art drawings and he has been famed for his colourful, playful imagery. Haring's iconic energetic motifs and figures were dedicated to influencing social change, and particularly challenging stigma around the AIDS epidemic. Haring also pushed for the accessibility of art by opening Pop Shops in New York and Japan, selling a range of ephemera starting from as little as 50 cents. Haring's legacy has been cemented in the art-activism scene and is a testament to power of art to inspire social change